alamb commented on code in PR #24510:
URL: https://github.com/apache/datafusion/pull/24510#discussion_r4189611791


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docs/source/contributor-guide/index.md:
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@@ -54,24 +54,29 @@ Contributors drive the project forward based on their own 
priorities and
 interests and thus you are free to work on any issue that interests you.
 
 If someone is already working on an issue that you want or need but hasn't
-been able to finish it yet, you should feel free to work on it as well. In
-general it is both polite and will help avoid unnecessary duplication of work 
if
-you leave a note on an issue when you start working on it.
+been able to finish it yet, feel free to help them out.
 
-If you want to work on an issue which is not already assigned to someone else
-and there are no comment indicating that someone is already working on that
-issue then you can assign the issue to yourself by submitting a single word
-comment `take`. This will assign the issue to yourself. However, if you are
-unable to make progress you should unassign the issue by commenting a single
-word `untake`.
+If there is an existing PR for an issue you plan to work on, please review that
+PR before opening a new one. Duplicate, unacknowledged PRs consume valuable
+reviewer time and we may close them. If there is an existing PR, please 
identify
+it in the PR description and explain why you are opening a new one and not
+helping with the previous one. In general it is both polite and will help avoid
+unnecessary duplication of work if you also leave a note on an issue when you
+start working on it.
+
+If you want to work on an issue which is not already assigned to someone and 
has
+no comment indicating someone is already working on it, you can assign the 
issue
+to yourself by submitting a single word comment `take`. However, if you are 
unable
+to make progress please unassign the issue by commenting a single word 
`untake`.

Review Comment:
   I filed a separate ticket to discuss
   - https://github.com/apache/datafusion/issues/26063



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