Report changes from 414a139 in CONTRIBUTING.md

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ the Cucumber [code of conduct](https://cucumber.io/conduct).
 
 ## How can I contribute?
 
-If you read this, you are certainly looking to contribute to the code. Cucumber
+If you're reading this, you are certainly looking to contribute to the code. Cucumber
 is not this single repository. It is made up of several packages around several
 repositories. So before going further with the code, you may consider the
 following first, in order to get your bearings.
@@ -25,12 +25,13 @@ If you want to report an issue, or suggest an enhancement, go to
 
 ### Meet the community, the maintainers, and other Cucumber developers
 
-Smartbear is hosting a [community message board].
+Smartbear hosts a [community message board].
 This is a good place to meet users, the community, and to ask questions.
 
-You can also join the Cucumber Community Slack team:
+You can also join the Cucumber Community Slack:
 [register for an account][register-slack] then head over to [#intro][slack-intro].
-This is the place to be to meet the maintainers aka the core team.
+This is the place to be to meet other contributors and find a mentor to help you
+get started.
 
 ### Test Cucumber
 
@@ -59,11 +60,11 @@ publication and to discover new ones.
 The short version is:
 
 - Find the appropriate repository
-- Make sure there is not already an issue or pull request that deals with your
-  bug or request
-- Consider submitting a pull request if you feel confident enough
+- Try to check there is not already an issue or pull request that deals with
+  your bug or request
 - Explain your issue and include as much details as possible to help other
   people reproduce your problem or understand your request
+- Consider submitting a pull request if you feel confident enough
 
 You can find more details for each of these steps in the following sections.
 
@@ -98,15 +99,18 @@ repository - `cucumber-ruby` - and the mono-repo at [cucumber/common].
 
 Search in [the current repository][cucumber-ruby-issues], in the
 [mono-repo][cucumber/common-issues], but also in the
-[whole cucumber team][cucumber-issues] if the problem or feature has already
+[whole cucumber organization][cucumber-issues] if the problem or feature has already
 been reported. If you find an issue or pull request which is still open, add
 comments to it instead of opening a new one.
 
+If you're not sure, don't hesitate to just open a new issue. We can always merge
+and de-duplicate later.
+
 ### Submitting a pull request
 
 When submitting a pull request:
 
-- create a draft pull request
+- create a [draft pull request][how-to-create-a-draft-pr]
 - try to follow the instructions in the [template](.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md)
 - if possible, [sign your commits]
 - update CHANGELOG.md with your changes
@@ -125,8 +129,9 @@ Please do your best to create a [minimal, reproducible example][minimal-reproduc
 Consider submitting a pull request. Even if you think you cannot fix it by
 yourself, a pull request with a failing test is always welcome.
 
-If you request for an enhancement - a new feature, be specific, support your
-request with referenced facts and include examples to illustrate your proposal.
+If you request is for an enhancement - a new feature - try to be specific and
+support your request with referenced facts and include examples to illustrate
+your proposal.
 
 ## Contribute to the code
 
@@ -136,9 +141,9 @@ Development environment for `cucumber-ruby` is a simple Ruby environment with
 Bundler. Use a [supported Ruby version](./README.md#supported-platforms), make
 sure [Bundler] is set-up, and voilà!
 
-You can then fork and clone the repository. If your environment is set-up
-properly, the following commands should install the dependencies and execute all
-the tests successfully.
+You can then [fork][how-to-fork] and clone the repository. If your environment
+is set-up properly, the following commands should install the dependencies and
+execute all the tests successfully.
 
 ```shell
 bundle install
@@ -236,6 +241,8 @@ You can find additional documentation in the [docs](./docs) directory such as
 [cucumber-ruby-issues]: https://github.com/cucumber/cucumber-ruby/search?q=is%3Aissue
 [cucumber/common-issues]: https://github.com/cucumber/common/search?q=is%3Aissue
 [cucumber-issues]: https://github.com/search?q=is%3Aissue+user%3Acucumber
+[how-to-create-a-draft-pr]: https://docs.github.com/github/collaborating-with-pull-requests/proposing-changes-to-your-work-with-pull-requests/about-pull-requests#draft-pull-requests
+[how-to-fork]: https://docs.github.com/github/collaborating-with-pull-requests/working-with-forks/about-forks
 [sign your commits]: https://docs.github.com/en/github/authenticating-to-github/managing-commit-signature-verification/signing-commits
 [minimal-reproducible-example]: https://stackoverflow.com/help/minimal-reproducible-example
 [RVM]: https://rvm.io/