Enhance contributing guide to be more neutral

Author: carlbennett

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -11,35 +11,34 @@ a GitHub event to [@carlbennett](https://github.com/carlbennett)'s [Jenkins
 server](https://jenkins.carlbennett.me/), which will build and deploy the code
 to production.
 
-## GitHub Code of Conduct
-### Feature requests / enhancements
-All feature requests for the website must be vetted by one of the maintainers.
-The maintainer will decide whether or not your request is valid and will also
-either approve or deny your request. If approved, someone will integrate your
-feature/enhancement into the project when possible and when time permits.
+## Code of Conduct
+### Feature requests
+All feature requests for the project must be vetted by one of the maintainers.
+The maintainer will decide whether or not a request is valid and will also
+either approve or deny a request. If approved, someone will integrate the
+feature or enhancement into the project when possible and when time permits.
 
 ### Issues
-If you have found a bug or issue with the project/website, don't hesitate to
-let us know. We accept all bug reports and will handle them in a respectful
-manner.
+If an issue or bug is found with the project, do not hesitate to let the
+maintainers know. All bug reports are welcome and will be handled in a
+respectful manner.
 
 #### Submitting an issue
-When you are submitting an issue, make sure you include the following:
+When submitting an issue, make sure to include the following:
 
-- A screenshot of the issue you're describing.
-- Steps to reproduce the issue.
-- How you encountered the issue.
-- What your intention was and what you expected to happen.
-- If you feel it necessary, or if asked for, details about your environment.
- - Your operating system and its version number (e.g. Windows 7 Pro 64-bit).
- - Your browser and its version number (e.g. Chrome 50).
+* A screenshot of the issue.
+* Steps to reproduce the issue.
+* How the issue was encountered.
+* What the intention was and what was expected to happen.
+* Details about the environment:
+  * The operating system and its version number (e.g. Windows 7 Pro 64-bit).
+  * The web browser and its version number (e.g. Chrome 50).
 
-Giving us the information above will help immensely when troubleshooting your
-issue on our side, and could even lead directly to a bugfix in the best
-scenario.
+Giving the information above will help immensely when troubleshooting the issue,
+and could even lead directly to a code change in the best scenario.
 
 ## Project directory structure
-The project is structured such that we can add tools, sample configurations,
+The project is structured such that it can support tools, sample configurations,
 documentation, and of course the actual code, all in the same repository.
 
 | Path  | Description                                                         |
@@ -53,31 +52,33 @@ documentation, and of course the actual code, all in the same repository.
 Any file in the root of this repository is used by Git, GitHub, or otherwise
 serves a very specific purpose such as licensing and the read me.
 
-## How to create your development environment
-The subsections here are more like a guide than an exact step by step. Use your
+## How to create a development environment
+The subsections here are a general guide, not an exact step by step. Use your
 own expertise and follow along. You may alter where you see fit for your own
-preferences.
+preferences. If a different environment is preferred, go ahead, but these steps
+will need to be adapted and that will be on you to do.
 
 ### VirtualBox
-You'll need to procure Oracle VirtualBox or other virtualization software
+The environment requires Oracle VirtualBox or other virtualization software
 that is capable of running **CentOS 7 x86\_64**.
 
-- [VirtualBox](https://www.virtualbox.org/)
+* [VirtualBox](https://www.virtualbox.org/)
 
 ### OS
-Using your virtualization software, create an instance using the latest CentOS 7
-x86\_64 iso image, and install the minimal operating system.
+Using the virtualization software, create a virtual machine instance using the
+latest CentOS 7 x86\_64 iso image, and install the minimal operating system.
 
-Other details are not important, tune it however you like.
+Details of the OS install are not important at this point in time, tune the OS
+however is preferred.
 
 ### Post-Install
-You'll need to install additional software to run this project.
+The following software will need to be installed to run this project:
 
-- [Nginx](https://www.nginx.com/resources/wiki/start/topics/tutorials/install/)
-- [Remi's PHP 7.2 repository](https://blog.remirepo.net/post/2017/12/04/Install-PHP-7.2-on-CentOS-RHEL-or-Fedora)
-- [MariaDB](https://mariadb.com/kb/en/library/yum/)
-- [Composer](https://getcomposer.org/)
-- Memcached
+* [Nginx](https://www.nginx.com/resources/wiki/start/topics/tutorials/install/)
+* [Remi's PHP 7.2 repository](https://blog.remirepo.net/post/2017/12/04/Install-PHP-7.2-on-CentOS-RHEL-or-Fedora)
+* [MariaDB](https://mariadb.com/kb/en/library/yum/)
+* [Composer](https://getcomposer.org/)
+* Memcached
 
 PHP should be capable of retrieving geoip information, generating gmp values,
 encoding and decoding json, accessing mysql with PDO, and able to manage a
@@ -86,10 +87,10 @@ list of required extensions is in the `/composer.json` file in the root of this
 repository.
 
 ### Configuring
-Configure these such that nginx is a fastcgi proxy to php-fpm. You'll then run
+Configure nginx so that it is a fastcgi proxy to php-fpm. You will then run
 `composer install` to get additional vendor files required for this project.
 
-You should point nginx/php-fpm at the `/main.php` file for all requests.
+Nginx should be pointed at the `/main.php` file for all requests.
 
 MariaDB should be configured with the `TRADITIONAL,NO_AUTO_VALUE_ON_ZERO` modes.
 A sample configuration can be found at `etc/mysql-server.sample.cnf`. MariaDB
@@ -105,5 +106,5 @@ The PHP date timezone should be in UTC, though the code will configure PHP for
 this on its own.
 
 The `etc/config.sample.json` should be copied to `etc/config.phoenix.json` and
-modified for your environment settings. It will need at the very least the
+modified for the environment settings. It will need at the very least the
 settings for MariaDB and Memcached.