tweaks to match Awesome Contribution guide

README.md

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----
-title: "Awesome Django"
----
+# Awesome Django [![Awesome](https://awesome.re/badge-flat.svg)](https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome)
 
-<div align="center">
-  <a href="https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome#readme"><img src="https://awesome.re/badge-flat.svg" /></a><br>
-  <img width="400" src="./assets/django-logo.svg" alt="Django logo">
-</div>
+> A curated list of awesome things related to Django. 
 
-# Awesome Django
+[Django](https://djangoproject.com) is a batteries-included web application framework written in Python.
 
-> A curated list of awesome things related to Django. Maintained by <a rel="" href="https://github.com/wsvincent">William Vincent</a> and <a rel="" href="https://github.com/jefftriplett">Jeff Triplett</a>.
+This repo is maintained by <a rel="" href="https://github.com/wsvincent">William Vincent</a> and <a rel="" href="https://github.com/jefftriplett">Jeff Triplett</a>.
 
 Please consider supporting Django by making a donation to the <a rel="sponsored" href="https://www.djangoproject.com/fundraising/">Django Software Foundation</a>,
 sponsoring via <a rel="sponsored" href="https://github.com/sponsors/django">GitHub Sponsors</a>,
 or buying <a rel="sponsored" href="https://django.threadless.com/">official merchandise</a>.
 
+
 ## Contents
 
 <!--lint disable awesome-toc-->
@@ -277,7 +273,7 @@ _A short list of Python packages that work well with Django._
 
 ### Official Resources
 
-- [Project Website](https://www.djangoproject.com/) - Official Django website.
+<!--lint ignore double-link--> - [Project Website](https://www.djangoproject.com/) - Official Django website.
 - [Documentation](https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/) - Comprehensive documentation for all Django versions.
 - [Polls Tutorial](https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/intro/tutorial01/) - Build a polls tutorial while learning Django internals.
 - [Source Code](https://github.com/django/django/) - Hosted on GitHub.

contributing.md

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 # Contribution Guidelines
 
-Contributions are welcome however please note that I'm well aware that most `awesome` repos bloat over time and become less and less curated. I want to avoid that. Therefore at the end of the day this repo is largely my own personal, biased thoughts.
+Contributions are welcome! Please note that Will and Jeff work on this as a benefit to the Django community. It is based on our own personal, biased thoughts. 
 
-You are welcome to fork this repo and create/maintain your own list of awesome Django resources if you disagree with choices I've made.
+If you disagree with choices made, you are welcome to fork this repo and create/maintain your own list of awesome Django resources if you disagree with choices I've made.
 
-That said, I'm eager to and will review any and all contributions. Here's the process:
+That said, we will review any and all contributions. Here's the process:
 
 1. Make an individual pull request for each suggestion and include a reason why it is awesome.
 2. To be fair, the order is first-come-first-serve so unless a section is alphabetical, add the item at the end.