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 # 🥳 ==> 🧼 ==> 😇
-**ephemetoot** is a Python command line tool for deleting old toots.
 [![PRs Welcome](https://img.shields.io/badge/PRs-welcome-brightgreen.svg?style=flat-square)](http://makeapullrequest.com) 
 
+**ephemetoot** is a Python command line tool for deleting old toots.
+
 # Prior work
 The initial `ephemetoot` script was based on [this tweet-deleting script](https://gist.github.com/flesueur/bcb2d9185b64c5191915d860ad19f23f) by [@flesueur](https://github.com/flesueur)
 
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 # Contributing
 
-For all bugs, suggestions, pull requests or other contributions, please check the [contributing guide](./CONTRIBUTING.md).
+For all bugs, suggestions, pull requests or other contributions, please check the [contributing guide](./contributing.md).
 
 # License
 
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 - "Ephemetoot may die when encountering utf8 encoded toots" ([bug](https://github.com/hughrun/ephemetoot/issues/11))
 - "Optionally include datetime stamp with every action" ([enhancement](https://github.com/hughrun/ephemetoot/issues/23))
 
-**Commit messages** should start with an [imperative verb](https://www.grammarly.com/blog/imperative-verbs/). Simple commits such as documentation fixes may only need a brief sentence. Something bigger like an enhancement should usually have a commit heading briefly describing the outcome of the commit, with a longer explanation underneath. Past examples of good commit titles are:
+**Commit and pull request messages** should start with an [imperative verb](https://www.grammarly.com/blog/imperative-verbs/). Simple commits such as documentation fixes may only need a brief sentence. Something bigger like an enhancement should usually have a heading briefly describing the outcome of the commit, with a longer explanation underneath. Past examples of good commit titles are:
 
 - "handle IndexError when there are no toots in the timeline" ([bugfix](https://github.com/hughrun/ephemetoot/commit/92643271d53e00089a10bacd1795cfd50e030413))
 - "add support for archiving toots into JSON files" ([new feature](https://github.com/hughrun/ephemetoot/commit/c0d680258ff0fe141fbabcf14a60eee8994e8d18))