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Added some tips to the contributor docs, namely about removing trailing whitespaces and about mentioning relevant ticket numbers in tests.

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Julien Phalip
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* Remove ``import`` statements that are no longer used when you change code.
The most common tools for this task are `pyflakes`_ and `pylint`_.
* Systematically remove all trailing whitespaces from your code as those
add unnecessary bytes, add visual clutter to the patches and can also
occasionally cause unnecessary merge conflicts. Some IDE's can be
configured to automatically remove them and most VCS tools can be set to
highlight them in diff outputs.
* Please don't put your name in the code you contribute. Our policy is to
keep contributors' names in the ``AUTHORS`` file distributed with Django
-- not scattered throughout the codebase itself. Feel free to include a