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-Everyone participating in the typeshed community, and in particular in
-our issue tracker, pull requests, and Gitter channel, is expected to treat
-other people with respect and more generally to follow the guidelines
-articulated in the [Python Community Code of
-Conduct](https://www.python.org/psf/codeofconduct/).