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@@ -13,3 +13,6 @@ Notably, we are not accepting these forms of contributions:
 
 This may change in the future.
 If you wish to make a Gym environment, follow the instructions in [Creating Environments](https://github.com/openai/gym/blob/master/docs/creating-environments.md).  When your environment works, you can make a PR to add it to the bottom of the [List of Environments](https://github.com/openai/gym/blob/master/docs/environments.md).
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+Edit July 27, 2021: Please see https://github.com/openai/gym/issues/2259 for new contributing standards