Project Reoganisation (#718)

* Create AUTHORS

* Populate AUTHORS

* Create and populate CONTRIBUTING.md

* Update README sections

Update README sections to reflect new files.

* Minor Grammar Fix

* Create and populate PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md

Create the automated issue template for the repo. ([more info](https://help.github.com/articles/creating-a-pull-request-template-for-your-repository))

* Move CONTRIBUTING.md to .github/

* Add chat link to CONTRIBUTING.md

* Update Formatting Guidelines

* Update Formatting Guidelines

* Remove example from PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE guidelines

* Remove example from CONTRIBUTING guidelines

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+## Contributing
+
+Please join us on [chat](https://chat.awesome-selfhosted.com) to clarify any questions.
+
+ * The **syntax** for links is ``[Name](http://homepage/) - Short description. ([Demo](http://url.to/demo), [Source Code](http://url.of/source/code)) `License` `Language```. All projects should have their **license** and main server-side **language**/platform/requirement listed, and a description at most 250 characters long.
+ * To **add an entry**: clone/[download](https://github.com/Kickball/awesome-selfhosted/archive/master.zip) and enter the repository, run `make add` and follow the instructions; or [edit the README.md file](https://github.com/Kickball/awesome-selfhosted/edit/master/README.md) directly. See [Editing files in another user's repository](https://help.github.com/articles/editing-files-in-another-user-s-repository/), [Creating Pull Requests](https://help.github.com/articles/creating-a-pull-request/), [Using Pull Requests](https://help.github.com/articles/using-pull-requests/) for help on sending your patch.
+ * A  minimum of 3 entries are required to start a new category, otherwise add to the Misc/Other category.
+ * Entries should be ordered alphabetically.
+ * Non-[Free](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_software) software must be marked `⊘ Proprietary` next to the title, and added to [non-free.md](non-free.md).
+ * Check current [issues](https://github.com/Kickball/awesome-selfhosted/issues) and [Pull Requests](https://github.com/Kickball/awesome-selfhosted/pulls), as well as [closed issues/PRs](https://github.com/Kickball/awesome-selfhosted/pulls?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=is%3Aclosed+).
+ * The list of contributors can be updated with `make contrib`. Several checks are available: `make noexternallink; make missinglicenselanguage; make nofullstop` 
+ * Software with no development activity for 6-12 months may be removed from the list.