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<li><p>contributing to the documentation</p></li>
<li><p>opening new issues for bugs</p></li>
<li><p>requesting new features</p></li>
<li><p>asking for clarification on things you find unclear</p></li>
<li><p>fixing bugs</p></li>
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<p>If you have any questions on the
process or how to fix something feel free to ask on <aclass="reference external" href="https://gitter.im/matplotlib/matplotlib">gitter</a> for short questions and on
<aclass="reference external" href="https://discourse.matplotlib.org">discourse</a> for longer questions.</p>
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