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-  For questions and support please visit the <a href="https://gitter.im/babel/babel">gitter room</a> or <a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/babeljs">StackOverflow</a>. The Babel issue tracker is <strong>exclusively</strong> for bug reports and feature requests.
+  For questions and support please visit the <a href="https://babel-slack.herokuapp.com">slack channel</a> or <a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/babeljs">StackOverflow</a>. The Babel issue tracker is <strong>exclusively</strong> for bug reports and feature requests.
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