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-<!--- Provide a general summary of your changes in the Title above -->
-
-## Description
-<!--- Describe your changes in detail -->
-
-## Related Issue
-<!--- Thank you fro your interest in contributing to hyperglass -->
-<!--- This project only 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: -->
-
-## Motivation and Context
-<!--- Why is this change required? What problem does it solve? -->
-<!--- If it fixes an open issue, please link to the issue here. -->
-
-## How Has This Been Tested?
-<!--- Please describe in detail how you tested your changes. -->
-<!--- Include details of your testing environment, and the tests you ran to -->
-<!--- see how your change affects other areas of the code, etc. -->
-
-## Screenshots (if appropriate):
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+<!-- PLEASE CONSULT CONTRIBUTING.MD PRIOR TO WORKING ON HYPERGLASS -->
+
+<!-- Provide a general summary of your changes in the Title. -->
+
+# Description
+<!-- Describe your changes in detail -->
+
+# Related Issues
+<!-- Link to any related open issues -->
+
+# Motivation and Context
+<!-- Why is this change required? What problem does it solve? -->
+
+# Tests
+<!-- Please describe in detail how you tested your changes, including your testing environment (OS, Python version, etc). -->