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Add a "Contributors" section to the readme

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Assessment

Difficulty
1/5
Estimated time
Under an hour
Newbie friendliness
45/100
Issue type
Documentation
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
java
Domain
documentation

Research direction

Start by reading the repository README and identify where a Contributors section fits. Confirm which students should be acknowledged from the project’s available contribution records, then add the section; done means the README clearly credits all intended contributors.

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Description

cleanup

We should acknowledge all of the students who have contributed to this project in various forms.

Dominant language
Java
Stars
6
Forks
7
No merged PRs in 30d

Contributor guide

No contributing guide indexed for this repository

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

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