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+## All Submissions:
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+* [YES/NO] I have added an explanation of what changes in this merge do and why we should include it?
+* [YES/NO] I have updated the documentation accordingly.
+* [YES/NO/NA] I have added tests to cover my changes.
+* [YES/NO/NA] All new and existing tests passed.
+* [YES/NO/NA] My code follows the code style of this project.
+* [YES/NO/NA] I ran lint checks locally prior to submission.
+
+## What is the current behavior?
+-------------------------------------
+<!-- Please describe the current behavior that you are modifying, or link to a relevant issue. -->
+
+Issue: Remember to link the workitem to this pull request.
+
+
+## What is the new behavior?
+-------------------------------------
+<!-- Please describe the behavior or changes that are being added by this PR. -->
+
+-
+-
+-
+
+## 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. -->
+
+## Any relevant logs, error output, etc?
+-------------------------------------
+(If it’s long, please paste to https://ghostbin.com/ and insert the link here.)
+
+
+## Other information
+-------------------------------------
+<!-- Any other information that is important to this PR such as screenshots of how the component looks before and after the change. -->