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 In general, the more you can do to help us understand the change you’re making,
 the more likely we’ll be to accept your contribution quickly.
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+Please also understand that we can’t list every tool that ever existed.
+Our aim is to curate a collection of the *most common and helpful* templates,
+not to make sure we cover every project possible. If we choose not to
+include your language, tool, or project, it’s not because it’s not awesome.
+
 ## Contributing workflow
 
 Here’s how we suggest you go about proposing a change to this project: