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-# Contributing to the Hyperledger Besu Documentation
-## :tada: Thanks for taking the time to contribute! :tada:
+# Contributing to the Hyperledger Besu documentation
 
+## Thanks for taking the time to contribute
 
-Welcome to the **Hyperledger Besu documentation** repository!  The following are links to a set of guidelines for contributing to this repo.
-These are mostly guidelines, not rules. Use your best judgement, 
-and feel free to propose changes to this document in a pull request.
+Welcome to the **Hyperledger Besu documentation** repository! The following are links to a set of
+guidelines for contributing to this repository. These are mostly guidelines, not rules. Use your
+best judgement, and feel free to propose changes to this document in a pull request.
 
 * [Hyperledger Besu documentation](http://besu.hyperledger.org/)
 * [Hyperledger Besu Rocketchat](https://chat.hyperledger.org/channel/besu)
@@ -12,20 +12,22 @@ and feel free to propose changes to this document in a pull request.
 
 ### Useful docs contributing links
 
-* [I just have a quick question](https://wiki.hyperledger.org/display/BESU/I+just+have+a+quick+question)
-* [How to Contribute]
-* [Reporting Bugs in the Doc](https://wiki.hyperledger.org/display/BESU/Reporting+Bugs+in+the+Doc)
-* [Submitting a Documentation Enhancement Suggestion](https://wiki.hyperledger.org/display/BESU/Suggesting+Documentation+Enhancements)
-* [Documentation Style Guide](https://wiki.hyperledger.org/display/BESU/Besu+Documentation+Style+Guide)
-* [Pull Request Labels](https://wiki.hyperledger.org/display/BESU/Pull+Request+Labels)
-
+* [I just have a quick question]
+* [How to contribute](https://wiki.hyperledger.org/display/BESU/How+to+Contribute)
+* [Reporting bugs in the documentation]
+* [Submitting a documentation enhancement suggestion]
+* [Documentation style guide]
+* [Pull request labels](https://wiki.hyperledger.org/display/BESU/Pull+Request+Labels)
 * [Security](SECURITY.md)
 
-
 ### Other important information
 
-* [Besu Roadmap](https://wiki.hyperledger.org/display/BESU/Roadmap)
+* [Besu roadmap](https://wiki.hyperledger.org/display/BESU/Roadmap)
 * [Code of Conduct](https://wiki.hyperledger.org/display/BESU/Code+of+Conduct)
 * [Governance](https://wiki.hyperledger.org/display/BESU/Governance)
 
-[How to Contribute]: https://wiki.hyperledger.org/display/BESU/How+to+Contribute
+<!-- Links -->
+[I just have a quick question]: https://wiki.hyperledger.org/display/BESU/I+just+have+a+quick+question
+[Reporting bugs in the documentation]: https://wiki.hyperledger.org/display/BESU/Reporting+Bugs+in+the+Doc
+[Submitting a documentation enhancement suggestion]: https://wiki.hyperledger.org/display/BESU/Suggesting+Documentation+Enhancements
+[Documentation style guide]: https://wiki.hyperledger.org/display/BESU/Besu+Documentation+Style+Guide