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-<!-- Please refer to our contributing documentation for any questions on submitting a pull request -->
-<!--- Provide a general summary of your changes in the Title above -->
+<!-- Please refer to our CONTRIBUTING documentation for any questions on submitting a pull request. -->
+<!-- Provide a general summary of your changes in the Title above. -->
 
 ## Description
 
-<!--- Describe your changes in detail -->
+<!-- Describe your changes in detail. -->
+<!-- You may want to answer some of the following questions: -->
+<!-- What kind of change does this PR introduce?** (Bug fix, feature, docs update, ...) -->
+<!-- What is the current behavior?** (You can also link to an open issue here) -->
+<!-- What is the new behavior (if this is a feature change)? -->
+<!-- Does this PR introduce a breaking change?** (What changes might users need to make in their application due to this PR?) -->
 
-## Related Issue
+## Related Issue(s)
 
-<!--- This project accepts pull requests related to open issues -->
-<!--- If suggesting a new feature or change, please discuss it in an issue first -->
-<!--- If fixing a bug, there should be an issue describing it with steps to reproduce -->
-<!--- Please link to the issue here: -->
+<!-- This project accepts pull requests related to open issues. -->
+<!-- If suggesting a new feature or change, please discuss it in an issue first. -->
+<!-- If fixing a bug, there should be an issue describing it with steps to reproduce. -->
+<!-- Please link to the issue(s) here -->
 
-## Does this introduce a breaking change?
-
--   [ ] Yes
--   [ ] No
-
-<!-- If this introduces a breaking change, please describe the impact and migration path for existing applications below. -->
+<!-- Closes # -->
+<!-- Fixes # -->
 
 ## Other information
 
 <!-- Any other information that is important to this PR such as screenshots of how the component looks before and after the change. -->
+<!-- Feel free to remove this section if you will not use it. -->
+
+## Checklist
+
+<!-- Please check if the PR fulfills these requirements. -->
+
+- [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project
+- [ ] I have performed a self-review of my code
+- [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas
+- [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation
+- [ ] My changes generate no new warnings
+- [ ] I have added tests that prove my fix is effective or that my feature works
+- [ ] New and existing unit tests pass locally with my changes
+- [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules