Clarify contributor guidelines

Author: JordanMartinez

.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE

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+Instructions
+- Open an issue to discuss what you want to do before submitting a PR
+    - Your ideas are likely good, but may not be aware of the full context.
+    - Why do work that might be a waste of your time if I disagree and decide not to merge it?
+- PRs should be merged into the `latestRelease` branch
+    - allows me to continue working on `development` branch without needing to worry about merge conflicts until later
+    - allows me to force-push to the `development` branch if need be without overwriting your commits
+
+Once the above has been done, open a PR and delete this content.
+
+Fixes: <issue number here>

CONTRIBUTING.md

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+# Contributor Guidelines
+
+- Before submitting a PR, open an issue to discuss what you want to do
+    - Your ideas are likely good, but may not be aware of the full context.
+    - Why do work that might be a waste of your time if I disagree and decide not to merge it?
+- PRs should be merged into the `latestRelease` branch
+    - allows me to continue working on `development` branch without needing to worry about merge conflicts until later
+    - allows me to force-push to the `development` branch if need be without overwriting your commits