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-Before you create a new PR, please consider:
+Thank you for submitting new code to Firefly III, or any of the related projects. Please read the following rules carefully.
 
-1) Pull requests for the MAIN branch will be closed.
-2) We cannot accept pull requests to add new currencies.
-3) DO NOT include translations in your PR. Only English US sentences.
+- Please do not submit solutions for problems that are not already reported in an issue.
+- Unfortunately, Firefly III can't be your learning experience. If you're new to all of this, please open an issue first.
+- Please do not open PRs to "discuss" possible solutions or to "get feedback" on your code. I simply don't have time for that.
+- Pull requests for the MAIN branch will be closed.
+- DO NOT include translated strings in your PR.
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+If it feels necessary to open an issue first, please do so, before you open a PR.
+
+See also: https://docs.firefly-iii.org/explanation/support/#contributing-code
 
-Thanks.
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+This PR fixes issue # (if relevant).
 
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