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+<!-- Describe your PR above, following Stylix commit conventions. -->
+
+## Submission Checklist
+
 <!--
-^ Please summarise the changes you have done and explain why they are necessary here ^
-
-Please also link any relevant issues or pull requests e.g. `Closes: #<ISSUE-ID>`
+Unless otherwise specified, the following checkboxes are not mandatory, but
+drastically accelerate the reviewing and merging process of this PR.
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+- [ ] <!-- MANDATORY --> I certify that I have the right to submit this contribution under the [MIT license](https://github.com/nix-community/stylix/blob/master/LICENSE)
+- [ ] Commit messages adhere to [Stylix commit conventions](https://nix-community.github.io/stylix/commit_convention.html)
+- [ ] Theming changes adhere to the [Stylix style guide](https://nix-community.github.io/stylix/styling.html)
+- [ ] Changes have been [tested locally](https://nix-community.github.io/stylix/modules.html#development-setup)
+- [ ] Changes have been [tested in testbeds](https://nix-community.github.io/stylix/testbeds.html)
+- [ ] Each commit in this PR is suitable for backport to the current stable branch
 
-## Things done
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-- [ ] Tested [locally](https://nix-community.github.io/stylix/modules.html#development-setup)
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-- [ ] Commit message follows [commit convention](https://nix-community.github.io/stylix/commit_convention.html)
-- [ ] Fits [style guide](https://nix-community.github.io/stylix/styling.html)
-- [ ] Respects license of any existing code used
-
-## Notify maintainers
+## Notify Maintainers
 
 <!---
-If you are editing an existing target, consider pinging relevant
-module maintainers from `modules/<module>/meta.nix`.
+Consider pinging relevant module maintainers declared in
+`modules/<MODULE>/meta.nix`.
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