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-The [developer documentation](http://www.mantidproject.org/Category:Development) has information on how to participate in the mantid project as a developer. This document is meant to outline the steps for contributing to mantid without becomming a developer.
+The [developer documentation](http://www.mantidproject.org/Category:Development) has information on how to participate in the mantid project as a developer. This document is meant to outline the steps for contributing to mantid without becomming a developer. We aspire to have similar guidelines as [github](https://github.com/blog/1943-how-to-write-the-perfect-pull-request).
 
  1. [Fork](https://help.github.com/articles/fork-a-repo) the repository.
  2. Make changes as you see fit. Please still follow the guidelines for [running the unit tests](http://www.mantidproject.org/Running_the_unit_tests) and the [build servers](http://www.mantidproject.org/The_automated_build_process).
- 3. Before submitting pull requests email mantid-help@mantidproject.org, and a developer will set up a branch that you can submit pull requests to.
- 4. Submit a [pull request](https://help.github.com/articles/using-pull-requests) to this branch.
+ 3. (Optional) email mantid-help@mantidproject.org, and a developer will set up a branch that you can submit pull requests to.
+ 4. Submit a [pull request](https://help.github.com/articles/using-pull-requests) to this branch. This is a start to the conversation.
 
-
-Hints to make the integration of your changes easy:
+Hints to make the integration of your changes easy (and happen faster):
 - Keep your pull requests small
+- Some comments are part of the build server infrastructure (e.g. 'test this please')
 - Don't forget your unit tests
 - All algorithms need documentation, don't forget the .rst file
-- Contact us before creating the pull request
 - Don't take changes requests to change your code personally