Update instructions

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10. Keep your `PATCHNAME.patch` file AND the associated wiki page updated appropriately.
## Reporting Issues
Generally, patches have a link to the git branch of the author's fork linked in the wiki page. Please report issues with an author's patch in the appropriate branch of that author's fork. If you open an issue here regarding a patch's functionality, the issue will be closed with a reference to the instructions here.
- Issues with existing patches can be generated here in the dwl-patches [issues](https://codeberg.org/dwl/dwl-patches/issues). Please be sure to "@" reference the patch author in your issue.
- You may also opt to submit a pull request to the author's fork in the appropriate branch for the patch. Generally, the git branch from which a patch is drawn is referenced in the "Downloads" section on a patch's wiki page.
- AUTHORS: When you commit an update to a patch to address an issue raised by another user, please add a "closes" tag referencing the appropriate issue number.
## Updating/Modifying Existing Patches
1. If the existing patch is being maintained by another author, do not make modifications to it without permission.
2. If you have submitted a pull request to the previous author's repository and received no reply after seven days, please feel free to edit the wiki page for the patch with your updated link. Do leave any previous author's nicks/links intact under the "Authors" heading.
- If the existing patch is being maintained by another author, do not make modifications to it without permission.
- If you have submitted a pull request to the previous author's repository and received no reply after seven days, please feel free to edit the wiki page for the patch with your updated link. Do leave any previous author's nicks/links intact under the "Authors" heading.