diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
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@@ -44,6 +44,6 @@ Why? However trivial the changes might seem, there might be subtle reasons for t
 
 
 ## Wrap up
-Don't worry if you get things wrong. We all do, including project owners: this document should've been here a long time ago. There's plenty of room for discussion either on our [chat channels](https://slacker.speckle.works) or [the forum](https://discourse.speckle.works).
+Don't worry if you get things wrong. We all do, including project owners: this document should've been here a long time ago. There's plenty of room for discussion either on our community [forum](https://discourse.speckle.works) or [chat](https://speckle-works.slack.com/join/shared_invite/enQtNjY5Mzk2NTYxNTA4LTU4MWI5ZjdhMjFmMTIxZDIzOTAzMzRmMTZhY2QxMmM1ZjVmNzJmZGMzMDVlZmJjYWQxYWU0MWJkYmY3N2JjNGI).
 
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diff --git a/ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md b/ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md
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@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
-If it's your first time here - or you forgot about them - make sure you read the [contribution guidelines](https://github.com/speckleworks/SpeckleOrg/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md), and then feel free to delete this line! 
+If it's your first time here - or you forgot about them - make sure you read the [contribution guidelines](CONTRIBUTING.md), and then feel free to delete this line! 
 
-### Expected vs. Actual Behaviour
+### Expected vs. Actual Behavior
 
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 ### Reproduction Steps & System Config (win, osx, web, etc.)
 
-Let us know how we can reproduce this. We will ignore issues without clear reproduction steps. 
+Let us know how we can reproduce this, and attach relevant files (if any). 
 
 ### Proposed Solution (if any)
 
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-#### Otional: Affected Projects
+#### Optional: Affected Projects
 
-Does this issue propagate to other dependencies or dependants? If so, list them here!
+Does this issue propagate to other dependencies or dependents? If so, list them here!