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Expand Up @@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ python setup.py build --compiler=mingw32
python setup.py install
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See http://pandas.pydata.org/ for more information.
See **[the docs](http://pandas.pydata.org/pandas-docs/stable/install.html#installing-from-source)** for more information.

## License
BSD
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list. Specialized discussions or design issues should take place on
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can you remove the mention of scipy-user on the line above?

I would make the logic like "general questions are welcome on the pydata mailing list, specialized discussion related to pandas development on pandas-dev"

the PyData mailing list / Google group:

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/pydata
https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pandas-dev

## Contributing to pandas

**[How to contribute.](http://pandas.pydata.org/pandas-docs/stable/contributing.html)**
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Small comment: I would put this after the "all contributions ... welcome" line, and make it a full sentence. Something like "The best starting point is the contributing guide". or "A detailed overview on how to contribute can be found in the contributing guide"

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Done.


All contributions, bug reports, bug fixes, documentation improvements, enhancements and ideas are welcome.

If you are simply looking to start working with the pandas codebase, navigate to the [GitHub “issues” tab](https://github.com/pandas-dev/pandas/issues) and start looking through interesting issues. There are a number of issues listed under [Docs](https://github.com/pandas-dev/pandas/issues?labels=Docs&sort=updated&state=open) and [Difficulty Novice](https://github.com/pandas-dev/pandas/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3A%22Difficulty+Novice%22) where you could start out.

Or maybe through using pandas you have an idea of your own or are looking for something in the documentation and thinking ‘this can be improved’...you can do something about it!

Feel free to ask questions on the [mailing list](https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/pydata) or on [Gitter](https://gitter.im/pydata/pandas).