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		<title>Andy Culbertson: Added the article.</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Added the article.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;New page&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;Here's a recommendation of what to put in a README:&lt;br /&gt;
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* [http://www.writethedocs.org/guide/writing/beginners-guide-to-docs/ A beginner’s guide to writing documentation - Write the Docs]&lt;br /&gt;
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Here are some example READMEs that have helped me plan mine:&lt;br /&gt;
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* [https://gist.github.com/jxson/1784669 jxson/README.md]&lt;br /&gt;
* [https://gist.github.com/PurpleBooth/109311bb0361f32d87a2 PurpleBooth/README-Template.md]&lt;br /&gt;
* [https://gist.github.com/zenorocha/4526327 zenorocha/README.md]&lt;br /&gt;
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Here are some other lists of READMEs:&lt;br /&gt;
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* [https://changelog.com/posts/a-beginners-guide-to-creating-a-readme A Beginner's Guide to Creating a README]&lt;br /&gt;
* [https://github.com/matiassingers/awesome-readme matiassingers/awesome-readme]&lt;br /&gt;
* [https://github.com/repat/README-template repat/README-template]&lt;br /&gt;
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The initial README I came up with is [https://github.com/thinkulum/math-student-sim/blob/master/README.md here].&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Category:Programming]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Essays]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Developing]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Andy Culbertson</name></author>
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