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CONTRIBUTING.md

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+* Bug reports and feature requests are welcome in [the issues][issues]
+* For questions and discussion there's the [Slack room][slack]
+* Pull Requests are welcome. For more complex changes and features it's
+  recommended to open an issue first
+* About 3 or 4 pull requests accepted one gets write access to the repo.
+  Even then, possible backward incompatible changes should be discussed first
+  in an issue or pull request
+* Documentation contributions are as important as code contributions
+
+[issues]: https://github.com/go-task/task/issues
+[slack]: https://gophers.slack.com/messages/task

README.md

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-[![License](https://img.shields.io/github/license/go-task/task.svg)](https://github.com/go-task/task/blob/master/LICENSE)
-[![Join the chat at https://gitter.im/go-task/task](https://img.shields.io/gitter/room/go-task/task.svg)](https://gitter.im/go-task/task?utm_source=badge&utm_medium=badge&utm_campaign=pr-badge&utm_content=badge)
-[![Join Slack room](https://img.shields.io/badge/%23task%20on-gophers%20slack-blue.svg)](https://gophers.slack.com/messages/task)
-[![Release Download Count](https://img.shields.io/github/downloads/go-task/task/total.svg)](http://www.somsubhra.com/github-release-stats/?username=go-task&repository=task)
+[![Join Slack room](https://img.shields.io/badge/%23task-chat%20room-blue.svg)](https://gophers.slack.com/messages/task)
 [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/go-task/task.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/go-task/task)
 
 # Task - Simple task runner / "Make" alternative