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+Please do not open a pull request without first filing an issue and/or discussing the feature directly with the project maintainer.
+
+### Please ensure you adhere to every item in this list
+
+- [ ] This PR was pre-approved by the project maintainer
+- [ ] I have self-reviewed the code
+- [ ] I have added all necessary tests
+
+### Describe your changes
+
+Please provide detailed description of the changes.
+
+### Issue number and link
+
+Pull request require a prior issue with discussion. 
+Include the issue number of link here.