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 See [this blog post](http://blog.pinaxproject.com/2016/02/26/recap-february-pinax-hangout/) including a video, or our [How to Contribute](http://pinaxproject.com/pinax/how_to_contribute/) section for an overview on how contributing to Pinax works. For concrete contribution ideas, please see our [Ways to Contribute/What We Need Help With](http://pinaxproject.com/pinax/ways_to_contribute/) section.
 
-In case of any questions, we would recommend for you to [join our Pinax Slack team](http://slack.pinaxproject.com) and ping us there instead of creating an issue on GitHub. Creating issues on GitHub is of course also valid but we are usually able to help you faster if you ping us in Slack.
+In case of any questions we recommend you [join our Pinax Slack team](http://slack.pinaxproject.com) and ping us there instead of creating an issue on GitHub. Creating issues on GitHub is of course also valid but we are usually able to help you faster if you ping us in Slack.
 
-We would also highly recommend for your to read our [Open Source and Self-Care blog post](http://blog.pinaxproject.com/2016/01/19/open-source-and-self-care/).  
+We also highly recommend reading our [Open Source and Self-Care blog post](http://blog.pinaxproject.com/2016/01/19/open-source-and-self-care/).  
 
 
 Code of Conduct
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-In order to foster a kind, inclusive, and harassment-free community, the Pinax Project has a Code of Conduct, which can be found here  http://pinaxproject.com/pinax/code_of_conduct/. We'd like to ask you to treat everyone as a smart human programmer that shares an interest in Python, Django, and Pinax with you.
+In order to foster a kind, inclusive, and harassment-free community, the Pinax Project has a Code of Conduct, which can be found here  http://pinaxproject.com/pinax/code_of_conduct/. We ask you to treat everyone as a smart human programmer that shares an interest in Python, Django, and Pinax with you.
 
 
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