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 # OpenRA Contributing Guidelines
 
+## Participating
+Help us keep OpenRA open and inclusive. Please read and follow our [Code of Conduct](https://github.com/OpenRA/OpenRA/blob/bleed/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md).
+
 ## Bug reports
 
 * Have you read the [FAQ](https://github.com/OpenRA/OpenRA/wiki/FAQ)?
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 * Please read [INSTALL.md](https://github.com/OpenRA/OpenRA/blob/bleed/INSTALL.md) and [Compiling](http://wiki.openra.net/Compiling) on how to set up an OpenRA development environment.
 * See [Hacking](http://wiki.openra.net/Hacking) for a (now very outdated) overview of the engine.
+* Read and follow our [Code of Conduct](https://github.com/OpenRA/OpenRA/blob/bleed/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md).
 * To get your patches merged, please adhere to the [Contributing](https://github.com/OpenRA/OpenRA/blob/bleed/CONTRIBUTING.md) guidelines.
 
 ## Mapping