you can take reference of https://github.com/stevemao/github-issue-templates

There is a reference for the contributing readme file in README, but we can also add a hyperlink to the contributing readme file so that it can be easy to contribute to new contributors.

Hi there,

Thank you for your interest in Hacktoberfest and in helping others make their first contributions to open source.

While we agree that it's important to help others, this repository does not do this in a way that is in line with the Hacktoberfest values. Please read the part that talks about high-quality contributions to understand why we are reaching out and taking action. Due to this, we've added this repository to the list of excluded repositories which means pull requests here will not count toward Hacktoberfest 2020.

This is not a DigitalOcean decision, it's one that is inspired by the community of maintainers and contributors who all agree that quality is more important than quantity when it comes to engagement in the Open Source community. The values remind us to shift the focus from contributions to repositories that encourage folks to quickly create and gain a pull request to contributions that will help people level-up their skills and contribute to open-source projects that are in need of help.

If you feel that this repository is an effective learning resource, we encourage you to keep running it since a core part of the aim for Hacktoberfest is to encourage new folks to get involved with open-source.

However, if you are interested in having contributions to this repo count toward Hacktoberfest we encourage you to take a look at this list of Hacktoberfest issues for inspiration and make the necessary changes to focus on enabling people to make meaningful contributions to open source projects.

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Happy Hacking,
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There is code from people all over the place, and it would be nice to structure code into different directories from different projects, and thus there will never be any pull request merging conflicts because many people will have the same name(for example main.py or index.html) after more pull requests come in. It would also be good if the new contributors learn how to add readmes with tools such as stackedit, and have their individual readmes in their individual directories. If I have time in school tommorow I might open a huge pull request where I plan to make the following changes:

• Add a contributing.md
• Look at all merged pull requests and make individual directories for each of those pull requests, so that all projects are arranged and in a proper page.
• Review the new pull requests and ask them to move their code into a directory inside their fork of Innovative-October.

It would be nice if you approve that I can continue with the pull request so that I do not start working without any cause