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-Authors
--------
-
-* `Kenneth Reitz `_ (follow on `Twitter `_ & `GitHub `_)
-* `Aaron Weinberger `_ (follow on `GitHub `_)
-* `Kamil Kisiel `_ (follow on `Twitter `_ & `GitHub `_)
-* `Seyi Ogunyemi `_ (follow on `Twitter `_ & `GitHub `_)
-* `Alex Gaynor `_ (follow on `Twitter `_ & `Github `_)
-* `nstielau `_ (follow on `GitHub `_)
-* `Adam Brenecki `_ (follow on `Twitter `_ & `GitHub `_)
-* `Nanda Kishore `_ (follow on `GitHub `_)
-* `Donald Stufft `_ (follow on `Twitter `_ and `GitHub `_)
-* `Brent O'Connor `_ (follow on `Twitter `_ & `GitHub `_)
-* `Dalton Barreto `_ (follow on `Twitter `_ & `GitHub `_)
-* `Daniel Schauenberg `_ (follow on `Twitter `_ & `GitHub `_)
-* `Mike Thornton `_ (follow on `GitHub `_)
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diff --git a/docs/notes/contribute.rst b/docs/notes/contribute.rst
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Python-guide is under active development, and contributors are welcome.
-If you have a feature request, suggestion, or bug report, please open a new issue on GitHub_. To submit patches, please send a pull request on GitHub_. Make sure you add yourself to AUTHORS_.
-
+If you have a feature request, suggestion, or bug report, please open a new
+issue on GitHub_. To submit patches, please send a pull request on GitHub_.
+Once your changes get merged back in, you'll automatically be added to the
+`Contributors List `_.
Todo List
@@ -16,7 +18,6 @@ If you'd like to contribute, there's plenty to do. Here's a short todo_ list.
.. _GitHub: http://github.com/kennethreitz/python-guide/
-.. _AUTHORS: http://github.com/kennethreitz/python-guide/blob/master/AUTHORS.rst
.. _todo: https://github.com/kennethreitz/python-guide/blob/master/TODO.rst
.. include:: ../../AUTHORS.rst
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