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+### Proposed changes in this pull request
+
+[List all changes you want to add here. If you fixed an issue, please
+add a reference to that issue as well.]
+
+-
+
+### When should this PR be merged
+
+[Please describe any preconditions that need to be addressed before we
+can merge this pull request.]
+
+
+### Follow up actions
+
+[List any possible follow-up actions here; for instance, testing data
+migrations, software that we need to install on staging and production
+environments.]
+
+-
+
+
+### Checklist (for reviewing)
+
+#### General
+
+- [ ] **Is this PR explained thoroughly?** All code changes must be accounted for in the PR description.
+- [ ] **Is the PR labeled correctly?**
+
+#### Functionality
+
+- [ ] **Are all requirements met?** Compare implemented functionality with the requirements specification.
+- [ ] **Does the UI work as expected?** There should be no Javascript errors in the console; all resources should load. There should be no unexpected errors. Deliberately try to break the feature to find out if there are corner cases that are not handled.
+
+#### Code
+
+- [ ] **Do you fully understand the introduced changes to the code?** If not ask for clarification, it might uncover ways to solve a problem in a more elegant and efficient way.
+- [ ] **Does the PR introduce any inefficient database requests?** Use the debug server to check for duplicate requests.
+- [ ] **Are all necessary strings marked for translation?** All strings that are exposed to users via the UI must be [marked for translation](https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.10/topics/i18n/translation/).
+
+#### Tests
+
+- [ ] **Are there sufficient test cases?** Ensure that all components are tested individually; models, forms, and serializers should be tested in isolation even if a test for a view covers these components.
+- [ ] **If this is a bug fix, are tests for the issue in place?**  There must be a test case for the bug to ensure the issue won’t regress. Make sure that the tests break without the new code to fix the issue.
+- [ ] **If this is a new feature or a significant change to an existing feature?** has the manual testing spreadsheet been updated with instructions for manual testing?
+
+#### Security
+
+- [ ] **Confirm this PR doesn't commit any keys, passwords, tokens, usernames, or other secrets.**
+- [ ] **Are all UI and API inputs run through forms or serializers?**
+- [ ] **Are all external inputs validated and sanitized appropriately?**
+- [ ] **Does all branching logic have a default case?**
+- [ ] **Does this solution handle outliers and edge cases gracefully?**
+- [ ] **Are all external communications secured and restricted to SSL?**
+
+#### Documentation
+
+- [ ] **Are changes to the UI documented in the platform docs?** If this PR introduces new platform site functionality or changes existing ones, the changes should be documented.
+- [ ] **Are changes to the API documented in the API docs?** If this PR introduces new API functionality or changes existing ones, the changes must be documented.
+- [ ] **Are reusable components documented?** If this PR introduces components that are relevant to other developers (for instance a mixin for a view or a generic form) they should be documented in the Wiki.