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-<!--
-Please complete the following sections when you submit your pull request. You are encouraged to keep this top level comment box updated as you develop and respond to reviews. Note that text within html comment tags will not be rendered.
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-### Summary
-
-<!-- Describe the problem you're trying to fix in this pull request. Please reference any related issue and use fixes/close to automatically close them, if pertinent. For example: "Fixes #58", or "Addresses (but does not close) #238". -->
-
-Fixes #<NUM>
-
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-### List of changes proposed in this PR (pull-request)
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-<!-- We suggest using bullets and filled checkboxes [x] here -->
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-### Some housekeeping checks
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-- [ ] If you have added a new chapter(s)/section(s) to the guide, have you updated the [Quick start to the guide](https://contributor.r-project.org/rdevguide/introduction.html#quick-start-to-the-guide) accordingly?
-- If you have added a new chapter(s) to the guide:
-  - [ ] Have you listed it (them) in the `_quarto.yml`?
-  - [ ] Are the filename(s) for the new chapter(s) in lower case?
-  - [ ] Are the words in the filename(s) for the new chapter(s) separated by `_` (if required)?
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-### What should a reviewer concentrate their feedback on?
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-<!-- This section is particularly useful if you have a pull request that is still in development. You can guide the reviews to focus on the parts that are ready for their comments. We suggest using bullets and filled checkboxes [x] here -->
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-- [ ] Everything looks ok?
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-### Acknowledging contributors
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-<!-- Please select the correct box -->
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-- [ ] All contributors to this pull request are already named in the [table of contributors](https://github.com/r-devel/rdevguide/blob/main/README.md#contributors-) in the README file.
-- [ ] The following people should be added to the [table of contributors](https://github.com/r-devel/rdevguide/blob/main/README.md#contributors-) in the README file: <!-- replace this text with the GitHub IDs of any new contributors -->
-- [ ] Use the [How to acknowledge contributors](https://github.com/r-devel/rdevguide/blob/main/HOWTO-acknowledge-contributors.md) to add new contributor(s) using the [All Contributors](https://allcontributors.org/) Bot.
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+<!--
+Please complete the following sections when you submit your pull request. You are encouraged to keep this top level comment box updated as you develop and respond to reviews. Note that text within html comment tags will not be rendered.
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+### Summary
+
+<!-- Describe the problem you're trying to fix in this pull request. -->
+
+*Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing.*
+
+<!-- For larger PRs, use bullets with checkboxes to list specific changes. Empty checkboxes indicate that the PR is still a work in progress and not yet ready for review.
+For simple PRs, you can delete this list. -->
+
+- [ ] *Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing.*
+- [ ] *Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing.*
+
+<!-- Please reference any related issue(s) and use fixes/close to automatically close them, if pertinent. For example: "Fixes #58", or "Addresses (but does not close) #238". -->
+
+Fixes #<NUM>
+
+### Checklist for adding a new chapter or chapters
+
+<!-- Fill the checkboxes to confirm you have followed all these steps. -->
+
+- [ ] Have you updated the [Quick start to the guide](https://contributor.r-project.org/rdevguide/introduction.html#quick-start-to-the-guide) accordingly?
+- [ ] Have you updated the `chapters` field of `_quarto.yml`? This determines the chapter ordering.
+- [ ] Have you named the new `.qmd` files using lower case, with words separated by `_` if required?
+
+### What should a reviewer concentrate their feedback on?
+
+<!-- List any specific aspects for the reviewers to give feedback on, else leave the last bullet  -->
+
+- [ ] *Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing.*
+- [ ] Everything looks ok?
+
+### Acknowledging contributors
+
+List any contributions that need adding to the [table of contributors](https://github.com/r-devel/rdevguide/blob/main/README.md#contributors-). Common contributions are `content` (adding to the guide), `doc` (e.g. README, wiki), `infra` (e.g. GitHub action), and `maintenance` (e.g. fixing links). See the full key to [Contribution Types](https://allcontributors.org/docs/en/emoji-key).
+
+- [ ] Please add @<github-username> for <contribution>. Please add @<other-github-username> for <contribution-1>, <contribution-2>.
+- [ ] **For reviewers**: All relevant contributions have been added, including reviewers, mentors, contributors to the ideas/planning. See [how to acknowledge contributors](https://github.com/r-devel/rdevguide/blob/main/HOWTO-acknowledge-contributors.md).
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+<!--
+Please complete the following sections when you submit your pull request. You are encouraged to keep this top level comment box updated as you develop and respond to reviews. Note that text within html comment tags will not be rendered.
+-->
+### Summary
+
+<!-- Describe the problem you're trying to fix in this pull request. -->
+
+*Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing.*
+
+<!-- For larger PRs, use bullets with checkboxes to list specific changes. Empty checkboxes indicate that the PR is still a work in progress and not yet ready for review.
+For simple PRs, you can delete this list. -->
+
+- [ ] *Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing.*
+- [ ] *Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing.*
+
+<!-- Please reference any related issue(s) and use fixes/close to automatically close them, if pertinent. For example: "Fixes #58", or "Addresses (but does not close) #238". -->
+
+Fixes #<NUM>
+
+### What should a reviewer concentrate their feedback on?
+
+<!-- List any specific aspects for the reviewers to give feedback on, else leave the last bullet  -->
+
+- [ ] *Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing.*
+- [ ] Everything looks ok?
+
+### Acknowledging contributors
+
+List any contributions that need adding to the [table of contributors](https://github.com/r-devel/rdevguide/blob/main/README.md#contributors-). Common contributions are `content` (adding to the guide), `doc` (e.g. README, wiki), `infra` (e.g. GitHub action), and `maintenance` (e.g. fixing links). See the full key to [Contribution Types](https://allcontributors.org/docs/en/emoji-key).
+
+- [ ] Please add @<github-username> for <contribution>. Please add @<other-github-username> for <contribution-1>, <contribution-2>.
+- [ ] **For reviewers**: All relevant contributions have been added, including reviewers, mentors, contributors to the ideas/planning. See [how to acknowledge contributors](https://github.com/r-devel/rdevguide/blob/main/HOWTO-acknowledge-contributors.md).
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