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 # C [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/exercism/c.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/exercism/c)
 
 Exercism problems in C
 
+## Hacktoberfest
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+If you would like to contribute to this repository as part of [hacktoberfest](https://github.com/blog/2452-get-started-with-hacktoberfest), please read the rest of this (short) readme, then jump in!
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+This C language track of exercism is nearly ready to graduate from "upcoming" to "available". 
+To that aim the repository has several issues marked with labels such as 'help wanted', 'good first patch' or 'hacktoberfest'. 
+Issues marked with these labels are a good place to start contributing - you are welcome to contribute to any of these, any other issue, or even submit your own issues or pull requests.
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+To get an idea of the general status in relation to the launch of the track, check out [issue #8](https://github.com/exercism/c/issues/8)
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 ## Contributing Guide
 
 Please see the [Exercism contributing guide](https://github.com/exercism/docs/blob/master/contributing-to-language-tracks/README.md) for general contribution tips.
 
 ## Coding Style