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+Contributing
+############
+
+Help is always appreciated!
+
+To get started, you can try :ref:`building-from-source` in order to familiarize
+yourself with the components of Solidity and the build process. Also, it may be
+useful to become well-versed at writing smart-contracts in Solidity.
+
+In particular, we need help in the following areas:
+
+* Improving the documentation
+* Responding to questions from other users on `StackExchange
+  <http://ethereum.stackexchange.com/>`_ and the `Solidity Gitter
+  <https://gitter.im/ethereum/solidity>`_
+* Fixing and responding to `Solidity's GitHub issues
+  <https://github.com/ethereum/solidity/issues>`_
+
+How to Report Issues
+====================
+
+To report an issue, please use the
+`GitHub issues tracker <https://github.com/ethereum/solidity/issues>`_. When
+reporting issues, please mention the following details:
+
+* Which version of Solidity you are using
+* Which platform are you running on
+* How to reproduce the issue
+* What was the result of the issue
+* What the expected behaviour is
+
+Workflow for Pull Requests
+==========================
+
+In order to contribute, please fork off of the ``develop`` branch and make your
+changes there. Your commit messages should detail *why* you made your change, as
+opposed to *what* you did.
+
+If you need to pull in any changes from ``develop`` after making your fork (for
+example, to resolve potential merge conflicts), please avoid using ``git merge``
+and instead, ``git rebase`` your branch.
+
+Additionally, if you are writing a feature, please ensure you write appropriate
+Boost test cases and place them under ``test/``.
+
+Finally, please make sure you respect the `coding standards
+<https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ethereum/cpp-ethereum/develop/CodingStandards.txt>`_
+for this project. Also, even though we do CI testing, please test your code and
+ensure that it builds locally before submitting a pull request.
+
+Thank you for your help!