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 ## Pull requests
 
-Develop code in a forks of the [main repo](https://github.com/graphnet-team/graphnet). Make contributions in dedicated development/feature branches on your forked repositories, e.g. if you are implementing a specific `GraphBuiler` class you could create a branch named `add-euclidean-graph-builder` on your own fork.
+Develop code in a fork of the [main repo](https://github.com/graphnet-team/graphnet). Make contributions in dedicated development/feature branches on your forked repositories, e.g. if you are implementing a specific `GraphDefinition` class you could create a branch named `add-euclidean-graph-definition` on your own fork.
 
 Create pull requests from your development branch into `graphnet-team/graphnet:main` to contribute to the project. **To be accepted,** pull requests must:
   * pass all automated checks,
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 ## Conventions
 
-This repository aims to support python 3 version that are actively supported (currently `>=3.6`). Standard python coding conventions should be followed:
+This repository aims to support python 3 version that are actively supported (currently `>=3.8`). Standard python coding conventions should be followed:
 
 * Adhere to [PEP 8](https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/)
 * Use [pylint](https://www.pylint.org/)/[flake8](https://flake8.pycqa.org/) and [black](https://black.readthedocs.io/) to ensure as clean and well-formatted code as possible