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+Contributing
+============
+
+Please see the wiki for the scala-xml contributor guide:
+
+https://github.com/scala/scala-xml/wiki/Contributor-guide
+
+Thank you,
+
+The Scala XML maintainers
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 This library is community-maintained. The lead maintainer is [@aaron_s_hawley](https://github.com/ashawley).
 
+Contributors are welcome, and should read the [contributor guide](https://github.com/scala/scala-xml/wiki/Contributor-guide) on the wiki.
+
 ## Issues
 
 Many old issues from the Scala JIRA issue tracker have been migrated