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+### Please read before contributing
+
+* Try not to post questions in the issues tracker. I will probably answer you
+  but I'll most likely close the issue right away and will continue the discussion
+  with the issue closed. If you have any questions about the plugin, make sure
+  you go through the [Wiki](https://github.com/fgrehm/vagrant-lxc/wiki) pages
+  first and if you still need answers please ask a question on [Stack Overflow](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/vagrant-lxc)
+  using the `vagrant-lxc` tag on it so that I get notified :)
+
+* Please do a small search on the issues tracker before submitting your issue to
+  check if it was already reported / fixed.
+
+* When reporting a bug, please include **all** information that you can get
+  about your environment. Things like vagrant / vagrant-lxc / kernel / lxc /
+  distro versions, a [gist](https://gist.github.com/) with the output of running
+  `VAGRANT_LOG=debug vagrant COMMAND`, the `Vagrantfile` you are using and / or
+  base box URL are really useful when tracking down what's going on on your side
+  of the globe and will get bonus points :)
+
+Thanks!