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 ## How to contribute
 
- 1. Make sure your issue is not all ready in the [Jira issue tracker]()
- 1. If not, create a ticket describing the change you're proposing in the [Jira issue tracker]({% block content %} {{ conf.jira_url }} {% endblock %})
+ 1. Make sure your issue is not all ready in the [Jira issue tracker](http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/THRIFT)
+ 1. If not, create a ticket describing the change you're proposing in the [Jira issue tracker](http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/THRIFT)
  1. Contribute your patch using one of the two methods below
  
 ### Contributing via a patch