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+## Description of your problem
+
+**What steps will reproduce the problem?**
+
+1. 
+2. 
+3. 
+
+**What is the expected output? What do you see instead?**
+
+
+**Please provide any additional information below (stack trace, screenshots, a gif, etc)**
+
+
+## Versions and main components
+
+* Spyder Version:
+* Python Version:
+* Qt Version:
+* PyQt Version:
+* Jupyter Notebook Version:
+* Operating system:
+
+
+## Dependencies
+
+Please go to the menu entry `Help > Optional Dependencies` (or
+`Help > Dependencies`), press the button `Copy to clipboard`
+and paste the contents below:
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 ## Development and contribution
 To start contributing to this project you can execute ``python setup.py install`` to test your changes on Spyder. We follow PEP8 and PEP257 style guidelines.
 
-# Overview
+## Contact
+
+You can ask your questions at the [Spyder group](https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email#!forum/spyderlib/topics)
+or create a issue in this repo. We will be more than glad to answer.
+
+## Overview
 ![example](/doc/example.gif)