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+# Contribution Guidelines
+
+Thank you for your interest in contributing to PHP Monitor.
+
+I consider this project a bit of a nice side-project to my daily gig, so it is very much a personal affair where I love to tinker around.
+
+**While the code of the latest PHP Monitor release is public, many things are constantly in flux that may not be pushed to this repository yet.**
+
+I don't mean to be rude, but I don't want other people involved with the project beyond simply contributing a few small things here and there, as has been the case in the past.
+
+The extra mental overhead of having additional contributors to report to, whose code will need to be reviewed... it's a lot and it makes working on PHP Monitor less enjoyable for me. 
+
+Plus, at this point, the majority of PHP Monitor's main functionality is also done.
+
+As a result, I may refer you to this file at some point. Again, I don't wish to be rude, but this general rule stands:
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+**Making any changes in a fork and opening a pull request without opening an issue first will most likely result in your PR being closed without mercy.**
+
+To repeat, I am **not opposed** to small contributions and fixes, if they are **meaningful or insightful**.
+
+To learn more, please check out the [pull request template](/.github/pull_request_template.md) which contains more information about my contribution requirements. (This will also show up when you open a new PR.)
+
+Thank you for respecting this!
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 ## About destination branches
 
-Please keep in mind that `main` is reserved for the current code state of the latest release and should *never* be the destination branch unless a new release is happening. **Merge requests that target `main` will be closed without mercy.**
+Please keep in mind that `main` is reserved for the current code state of the latest release and should *never* be the destination branch unless a new release is happening. **Pull requests that target `main` will be closed without mercy.**
 
 Usually, the best target is the stable `dev/x.x` branch that corresponds with the latest major version that is released.