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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. 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)
+
+<!-- We suggest using bullets and filled checkboxes [x] here -->
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+### Some housekeeping checks
+
+- [ ] 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 `_bookdown.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)?
+
+### What should a reviewer concentrate their feedback on?
+
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+- [ ] Everything looks ok?
+
+### Acknowledging contributors
+
+<!-- Please select the correct box -->
+
+- [ ] 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.