readme: update contributing info
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## Contributing
-Contributions of any form are more than welcome! If something doesn't seem
-right, and there is no issue about it yet, feel free to open one.
+Contributions of any form are more than welcome! Please take a look at our
+[contributing guidelines][cont] for details on our git practices, coding
+styles, how we manage issues, and so on.
-If you're looking to get involved, there are a few things you can do:
+You might also be interested in:
-- Join the [urbit-dev][list] mailing list.
-- [Apply to Hoon School][mail], a course we run to teach the Hoon
+- joining the [urbit-dev][list] mailing list.
+- [applying to Hoon School][mail], a course we run to teach the Hoon
programming language and Urbit application development.
-- Check out [good contributor issues][good].
-
-Once you've got your bearings, have a look at [CONTRIBUTING.md][cont] for some
-pointers on setting up your development environment.
[list]: https://groups.google.com/a/urbit.org/forum/#!forum/dev
[mail]: mailto:support@urbit.org
-[good]: https://github.com/urbit/urbit/labels/good%20contributor%20issue
[cont]: https://github.com/urbit/urbit/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md
