Why?
Because, people with no knowledge about GitHub and Markdown files can land directly to repository's home from some source and might not know where the content is. Also, it might look better this way.
And, you can link the contribution.md and authors.md, containing the corresponding information, to the README.md.
I don't remember why I wanted to keep it the way it is. That being said, I don't think I have any problems with this setup, so I'll make the changes soon.
Why? Because, people with no knowledge about GitHub and Markdown files can land directly to repository's home from some source and might not know where the content is. Also, it might look better this way.
And, you can link the
contribution.md
andauthors.md
, containing the corresponding information, to theREADME.md
.