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        <pre wrap="">From: Haleigh Sheehan <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:support@github.com">&lt;support@github.com&gt;</a> (GitHub Staff)
Subject: Re: Need a way to *disable* pull requests
Date: 29 May 2013 12:00:18 AM AEST

In the meantime, you could reduce some of your unwanted pull request volume by including a CONTRIBUTING file (ie: "Don't."), and adding a prominent note to the README also summarizing the contributing guidelines. You can find out more here:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://github.com/blog/1184-contributing-guidelines">https://github.com/blog/1184-contributing-guidelines</a>

Thanks for the feedback! Please let me know if you have any other questions.
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