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 # Contributing
 
-- With issues:
-  - Use the search tool before opening a new issue.
-  - Please provide source code and commit sha if you found a bug.
-  - Review existing issues and provide feedback or react to them.
+We welcome both issue reports and pull requests! Please follow these guidelines to help maintainers respond effectively.
 
-- With pull requests:
-  - Open your pull request against `master`
-  - Your pull request should have no more than two commits, if not you should squash them.
-  - It should pass all tests in the available continuous integration systems such as GitHub Actions.
-  - You should add/modify tests to cover your proposed code changes.
-  - If your pull request contains a new feature, please document it on the README.
+## Issues
+
+- **Before opening a new issue:**
+  - Use the search tool to check for existing issues or feature requests.
+  - Review existing issues and provide feedback or react to them.
+  - Use English for all communications — it is the language all maintainers read and write.
+  - For questions, configuration or deployment problems, please use the [Discussions Forum](https://github.com/gin-gonic/gin/discussions).
+  - For bug reports involving sensitive security issues, email <appleboy.tw@gmail.com> instead of posting publicly.
+
+- **Reporting a bug:**
+  - Please provide a clear description of your issue, and a minimal reproducible code example if possible.
+  - Include the Gin version (or commit reference), Go version, and operating system.
+  - Indicate whether you can reproduce the bug and describe steps to do so.
+  - Attach relevant logs per [Logging Documentation](https://docs.gitea.com/administration/logging-config#collecting-logs-for-help).
+
+- **Feature requests:**
+  - Before opening a request, check that a similar idea hasn’t already been suggested.
+  - Clearly describe your proposed feature and its benefits.
+
+_For API Documentation, User Guides, and more, see:_
+
+- [Go.dev API Documentation](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/gin-gonic/gin)
+- [Gin User Guides](https://gin-gonic.com/)
+- [Discussions Forum](https://github.com/gin-gonic/gin/discussions)
+
+## Pull Requests
+
+Please ensure your pull request meets the following requirements:
+
+- Open your pull request against the `master` branch.
+- Your pull request should have no more than two commits — squash them if necessary.
+- All tests pass in available continuous integration systems (e.g., GitHub Actions).
+- Add or modify tests to cover your code changes.
+- If your pull request introduces a new feature, document it in [`docs/doc.md`](docs/doc.md:1), not in the README.
+- Follow the checklist in the [Pull Request Template](.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md:1).
+
+Thank you for contributing!