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@@ -4,15 +4,16 @@ Contributing
 
 Help is always appreciated!
 
-To get started, you can try :ref:`building-from-source` in order to familiarize
-yourself with the components of Solidity and the build process. Also, it may be
-useful to become well-versed at writing smart-contracts in Solidity.
+To get started, you can try `building-from-source 
+<https://solidity.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installing-solidity.html#building-from-source>`_ 
+in order to familiarize yourself with the components of Solidity and the build process. Also, 
+it may be useful to become well-versed at writing smart-contracts in Solidity.
 
 In particular, we need help in the following areas:
 
 * Improving the documentation
 * Responding to questions from other users on `StackExchange
-  <http://ethereum.stackexchange.com/>`_ and the `Solidity Gitter
+  <https://ethereum.stackexchange.com>`_ and the `Solidity Gitter
   <https://gitter.im/ethereum/solidity>`_
 * Fixing and responding to `Solidity's GitHub issues
   <https://github.com/ethereum/solidity/issues>`_, especially those tagged as