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262262Contributing to the documentation
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264264
265- If you're not the developer type, contributing to the documentation is still of
266- huge value. You don't even have to be an expert on *pandas * to do so! In fact,
265+ Contributing to the documentation benefits everyone who uses *pandas *.
266+ We encourage you to help us improve the documentation, and
267+ you don't have to be an expert on *pandas * to do so! In fact,
267268there are sections of the docs that are worse off after being written by
268269experts. If something in the docs doesn't make sense to you, updating the
269270relevant section after you figure it out is a great way to ensure it will help
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292293 overviews per topic together with some other information (what's new,
293294 installation, etc).
294295
295- - The docstrings follow the **Numpy Docstring Standard **, which is used widely
296- in the Scientific Python community. This standard specifies the format of
297- the different sections of the docstring. See `this document
298- <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/blob/master/doc/HOWTO_DOCUMENT.rst.txt> `_
299- for a detailed explanation, or look at some of the existing functions to
300- extend it in a similar manner.
296+ - The docstrings follow a pandas convention, based on the **Numpy Docstring
297+ Standard **. Follow the :ref: `pandas docstring guide <docstring >` for detailed
298+ instructions on how to write a correct docstring.
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302300- The tutorials make heavy use of the `ipython directive
303301 <http://matplotlib.org/sampledoc/ipython_directive.html> `_ sphinx extension.
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