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Merge pull request#565 from github/massage-abuse-limits-for-concurrency

Further document request limiter abuse limits

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`@@ -416,15 +416,16 @@ higher rate limit for your OAuth application.`
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`417`	`417`	`###Abuse Rate Limits`
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`419`		`-Toprevent abuse, additional rate limits apply to someendpoints that`
`420`		`-create content. This rate limit applies to the creationofnew content`
`421`		`-over a period of time. These rate limits do not apply to private repositories`
`422`		`-or GitHub Enterprise installations.`
	`419`	`+Toprotect the quality of service from GitHub, additional rate limitsmayapply to someactions.`
	`420`	`+For example, rapidly creating content, polling aggressively insteadofusing webhooks,`
	`421`	`+making API calls with a high concurrency, or repeatedly requesting data that is computationally expensive`
	`422`	`+may result in abuse rate limiting. These rate limits do not apply to GitHub Enterprise installations.`
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`424`	`424`	`It is not intended for this rate limit to interfere with any legitimate use of`
`425`	`425`	`the API. Your normal[rate limits](/v3/#rate-limiting) should be the only`
`426`	`426`	`limit you target. Please[contact support][abuse-support] if your use is affected by`
`427`		`-this rate limit.`
	`427`	`+this rate limit. To ensure you're acting as a good API citizen, check out our`
	`428`	`+[Best Practices guidelines](/guides/best-practices-for-integrators/).`
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`429`	`430`	`If your application triggers this rate limit, you'll receive an informative`
`430`	`431`	`response:`

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