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+**_GitHub Services has been deprecated_. No more contributions will be accepted. Please see our [blog post](https://developer.github.com/changes/2018-04-25-github-services-deprecation/) for more information.**
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 GitHub Services
 ===============
 
-**NOTE:** GitHub Services has been [marked for deprecation](https://developer.github.com/changes/2018-04-25-github-services-deprecation/). Functionality will be removed from GitHub.com on January 31st, 2019.
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 This repository contains code to integrate GitHub.com with third party services.
 
 See the [Contributing Guidelines](https://github.com/github/github-services/blob/master/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md) for instructions on contributing a service.