Various improvements to CONTRIBUTING.md

[Yash-Pratapwar]

Fixes

Fixes #973 by @Yash-Pratapwar

Description

This PR does various imrpovements to CONTRIBUTING.md file.

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[Yash-Pratapwar]

Yes, will change that.

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On Thu, Nov 17, 2022, 09:51 Dhruv Bhanushali ***@***.***> wrote: ***@***.**** commented on this pull request. ------------------------------ In CONTRIBUTING.md <#1009 (comment)> : > -### Proposing changes or new features +### Questions or Thoughts? -If you have an idea of a new feature or change to how the Openverse API works, please [start a discussion](https://github.com/WordPress/openverse-api/discussions/new?category=ideas) so we can discuss the possibility of that change or new feature being implemented and released in the future. This lets us come to an agreement about the proposed idea before any work is done. +Feel free to [join us on Slack](https://make.wordpress.org/chat/) and discuss the project with the engineers and community members on #openverse. The "Questions or Thoughts?" section is already present at the bottom of the file. This section should be changed to suggestion opening an issue because we now use issues for discussion as well. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#1009 (review)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/APWNCAQHVYYCQUCZXQSDBKDWIWXFVANCNFSM6AAAAAASC56SOU> . You are receiving this because you were mentioned.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[AetherUnbound]

Thanks for the contribution! There is one change regarding the gitignore that must be made, and I have a few other suggestions on top of that.

[AetherUnbound]

This is very close, just a few more changes!

[AetherUnbound]

This looks great! Thank you @Yash-Pratapwar!