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 Please ensure that your pull request adheres to the following guidelines:
 
-- Search previous suggestions before making a new one, as yours may be a duplicate.
-- Please ensure that what you're sharing is helpful and related to the topic. It should contain sufficient  information, and each part should have a clear and concise description. Rewrite your content in a straightforward manner.
+- Search previous suggestions before making a new one to avoid duplicates.
+- Ensure your contribution is useful and relevant, with sufficient content and a clear, concise description for each item.Make sure your contribution is useful and relevant before submitting. That implies it has enough content and every item has a good succinct description.
 - Make an individual pull request for each suggestion.
 - Only include your suggested repository to `data.json` file, README.md file is generated from it.
-- New categories or improvements to the existing categorization are welcome.
+- New categories or improvements to existing categories are welcome.
 - Check your spelling and grammar.
 - Make sure your text editor is set to remove trailing whitespace.
 - The pull request and commit should be given a meaningful title.
 - Ensure that you describe your pull request.
-- If the label does not clearly state it's "beginner friendly" purpose, please make sure to confirm with the maintainer that it is used for such issues. Please include the link to where the maintainer approves it in the
+- If the label does not clearly state its "beginner-friendly" purpose, confirm with the maintainer that it is used for such issues. Include a link to where the maintainer approves this.
 - Maintainer confirmation is also required in case repository has more than one beginner-friendly-like label (e.g. `low-hanging-fruit` and `up-for-grabs`).
-- The contributed repository must be maintained, have an active community to be able to help newcomers and have issues with an appropriate label.
+- Ensure the contributed repository is actively maintained, has a supportive community, and issues with appropriate labels.
 - Links must be pointing directly to the repository, no tracking links allowed. This list is not for advertising purposes.
 
 Thank you for your suggestions!!