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  <h1>Want to help?</h1>

  <p class="lead">The Socrata Developer Portal is designed to accept contributions from the community. Interested in helping out? We've got a number of ways you can help improve our resources. Everything is based on <a href="https://pages.github.com">Github Pages</a>, so it's easy to chip in.</p>
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    <h3><i class="fa fa-github-alt"><!-- TSLB --></i> Found a bug?</h3>

    <p>If you've found a bug, please feel free to <a href="https://github.com/socrata/dev.socrata.com/issues/new">file an issue on Github</a>. We'll take a look and see what we can do!</p>
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    <h3><i class="fa fa-wrench"><!-- TSLB --></i> Think you can fix it yourself?</h3>

    <p>If you've found an improvement you'd like to make yourself, send us a <a href="https://help.github.com/articles/using-pull-requests">pull request</a> and we'll happily review it. There are instructions on how to build and test in our <a href="http://github.com/socrata/dev.socrata.com">README</a>.</p>
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    <h3><i class="fa fa-star"><!-- TSLB --></i> Come up with something awesome?</h3>

    <p>If you've built something really cool, or integrated the Socrata API with a new framework or technology, and you want to share it, let us know by <a href="https://github.com/socrata/dev.socrata.com/issues/new">filing an issue</a>. We'll get in touch with you and discuss how we can feature it.</p>
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    <h3><i class="fa fa-book"><!-- TSLB --></i> Built a new library?</h3>

    <p>We love it when the community contributes to our <a href="/libraries/">library of libraries and SDKs</a>. If you've got one for us, <a href="https://github.com/socrata/dev.socrata.com/issues/new">let us know!</a>. We'll add it to our collection.</p>
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