diff --git a/FilterLists.sln b/FilterLists.sln
index ac303ca1c..ccdb30e5e 100644
--- a/FilterLists.sln
+++ b/FilterLists.sln
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ Project("{2150E333-8FDC-42A3-9474-1A3956D46DE8}") = "data", "data", "{8C3C7C63-F
 		data\License.json = data\License.json
 		data\Maintainer.json = data\Maintainer.json
 		data\Merge.json = data\Merge.json
+		data\README.md = data\README.md
 		data\Software.json = data\Software.json
 		data\SoftwareSyntax.json = data\SoftwareSyntax.json
 		data\Syntax.json = data\Syntax.json
diff --git a/data/README.md b/data/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0d74d3478
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+See here for data model documentation:
+https://github.com/collinbarrett/FilterLists/wiki/Data-Model_sidebar
+
+Please contribute!
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