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+# Before submitting
+
+- Was this discussed/approved via a Github issue? (no need for typos, doc improvements)
+- Did you read the [contributor guideline](https://github.com/williamFalcon/pytorch-lightning/blob/master/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md)?
+- Did you make sure to update the docs?   
+- Did you write any new necessary tests?  
+
+## What does this PR do?
+Fixes # (issue).
+
+## PR review    
+Anyone in the community is free to review the PR once the tests have passed.     
+If we didn't discuss your PR in Github issues there's a high chance it will not be merged.   
+
+## Did you have fun?
+Make sure you had fun coding 🙃