diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md index 44ed894..93b0f34 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTING.md +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md @@ -4,26 +4,24 @@ Please contribute to this repository if any of the following is true: - You have expertise in community development, communication, or education - You want open source communities to be more collaborative and inclusive - You want to help lower the burden to first time contributors - -# How to contribute - -Prerequisites: - - Familiarity with [pull requests](https://help.github.com/articles/using-pull-requests) and [issues](https://guides.github.com/features/issues/). - Knowledge of [Markdown](https://help.github.com/articles/markdown-basics/) for editing `.md` documents. + +# How to contribute + In particular, this community seeks the following types of contributions: - **Ideas**: participate in an issue thread or start your own to have your voice heard. - **Resources**: submit a pull request to add to RESOURCES.md with links to related content. -- **Outline sections**: help us ensure that this repository is comprehensive. if +- **Outline Sections**: help us ensure that this repository is comprehensive. if there is a topic that is overlooked, please add it, even if it is just a stub in the form of a header and single sentence. Initially, most things fall into this category. - **Writing**: contribute your expertise in an area by helping us expand the included content. -- **Copy editing**: fix typos, clarify language, and generally improve the quality +- **Copy Editing**: fix typos, clarify language, and generally improve the quality of the content. - **Formatting**: help keep content easy to read with consistent formatting.