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 Ruby on Rails is a volunteer effort. We encourage you to pitch in. [Join the team](http://contributors.rubyonrails.org)!
 
-Please check out the [Contributing to Rails guide](http://edgeguides.rubyonrails.org/contributing_to_ruby_on_rails.html) to get started.
+If you're reporting an Issue, please note that we only accept bug reports for Issues. If you have a feature request, please [email rails-core](https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/rubyonrails-core) instead. If you have a question about how to use Rails, please [email rubyonrails-talk](https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/rubyonrails-talk).
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+If you're submitting a Pull Request, check out the ['Contributing to Rails' guide](http://edgeguides.rubyonrails.org/contributing_to_ruby_on_rails.html) for some helpful notes.
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