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DOC: Add a more welcoming tone for new contributors (pandas-dev#17580)
* Add a more welcoming tone for new contributors * create doc section in whatsnew * Edit per @gfyoung review * Edit first 2 sentences and revert whatsnew change
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doc/README.rst

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Contributing to the documentation
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If you're not the developer type, contributing to the documentation is still
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of huge value. You don't even have to be an expert on
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*pandas* to do so! Something as simple as rewriting small passages for clarity
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Whether you are someone who loves writing, teaching, or development,
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contributing to the documentation is a huge value. If you don't see yourself
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as a developer type, please don't stress and know that we want you to
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contribute. You don't even have to be an expert on *pandas* to do so!
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Something as simple as rewriting small passages for clarity
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as you reference the docs is a simple but effective way to contribute. The
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next person to read that passage will be in your debt!
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doc/source/whatsnew/v0.21.0.txt

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ValueError: Of the three parameters: start, end, and periods, exactly two must be specified
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In [3]: pd.period_range(start='2017Q1', end='2017Q4', periods=6, freq='Q')
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In [3]: pd.period_range(start='2017Q1', end='2017Q4', periods=6, freq='Q')
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ValueError: Of the three parameters: start, end, and periods, exactly two must be specified
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