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 ### Guide Templates
 
-We welcome contributions to add a guide to this documentation repository. Please reference the template [here](source/contributing/template.rst) and use proper `rst` style syntax. 
+We welcome contributions to add a guide to this documentation repository. Please reference the template [here](source/contributing/template.rst) and use proper restructured text syntax. 
+
+Guides should live under `./source/user-manuals/external`. If they are bitcoin related, add a section title for the next integration guide in the `bitcoin.rst` page. If the guide belongs in a new topic, create a new `.rst` file with an appropriate name following the template conventions. Don't forget to include the new page in the `index.rst` file toctree within the external folder.
 
 All images should be placed in `./source/_static/images` with descriptive labeling.