diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.rst b/CONTRIBUTING.rst
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@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+************
+Contributing
+************
+
+This project is open to any kind of contribution. This spans from issues to documentation to pull requests.
+In order to reduce the amount of work for everyone please try to adhere to good practice.
+
+The pull requests and issues will be prefilled with templates. Please fill in your information where applicable.
+
+This project uses `semantiv versioning <http://semver.org/>`_.
+
+For further best practices and tips on contributing please see the
+`contribution-guide <http://www.contribution-guide.org/>`_.
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diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
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--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -64,4 +64,4 @@ The full project-documentation is available on `Read the Docs <https://python-es
 Contributing
 ------------
 
-This project is open for any contribution!
+This project is open for any contribution! Please see CONTRIBUTING.rst for more information.
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diff --git a/doc/dev/contributing.rst b/doc/dev/contributing.rst
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+.. include:: ../../CONTRIBUTING.rst
diff --git a/doc/index.rst b/doc/index.rst
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--- a/doc/index.rst
+++ b/doc/index.rst
@@ -40,6 +40,11 @@ Content
    user/todo
    user/usage
 
+.. toctree::
+   :maxdepth: 1
+   :caption: Developer Documentation
+
+   dev/contributing
 
 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 1