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+<!--
+Thanks for contributing!
+
+Please ensure the name of your PR is written in imperative present tense. For example:
+
+- "fix color contrast on submit buttons"
+- "add 'favourite food' value to Author model"
+
+To check (tick) a list item, replace the space between square brackets with an x, like this:
+
+- [x] I have checked the box
+
+You can find more information and tips for BookWyrm contributors at https://docs.joinbookwyrm.com/contributing.html
+-->
+
+## Are you finished?
+
+### Linters
+<!--
+Please run linters on your code before submitting your PR.
+If you miss this step it is likely that the GitHub task runners will fail.
+-->
+
+- [ ] I have checked my code with `black`, `pylint`, and `mypy`, or `./bw-dev formatters`
+
+### Tests
+<!-- Check one -->
+
+- [ ] My changes do not need new tests
+- [ ] All tests I have added are passing
+- [ ] I have written tests but need help to make them pass
+- [ ] I have not written tests and need help to write them
+
+## What type of Pull Request is this?
+<!-- Check all that apply -->
+
+- [ ] Bug Fix
+- [ ] Enhancement
+- [ ] Plumbing / Internals / Dependencies
+- [ ] Refactor
+
+## Does this PR change settings or dependencies, or break something?
+<!-- Check all that apply -->
+
+- [ ] This PR changes or adds default settings, configuration, or .env values
+- [ ] This PR changes or adds dependencies
+- [ ] This PR introduces other breaking changes
+
+### Details of breaking or configuration changes (if any of above checked)
+
+## Description
+
+<!--
+Describe what your pull request does here.
+
+For pull requests that relate or close an issue, please include them
+below.  We like to follow [Github's guidance on linking issues to pull requests](https://docs.github.com/en/issues/tracking-your-work-with-issues/linking-a-pull-request-to-an-issue).
+
+For example having the text: "closes #1234" would connect the current pull
+request to issue 1234.  And when we merge the pull request, Github will
+automatically close the issue.
+-->
+
+- Related Issue #
+- Closes #
+
+## Documentation
+<!--
+Documentation for users, admins, and developers is an important way to keep the BookWyrm community welcoming and make Bookwyrm easy to use.
+Our documentation is maintained in a separate repository at https://github.com/bookwyrm-social/documentation
+-->
+
+<!-- Check all that apply -->
+
+- [ ] New or amended documentation will be required if this PR is merged
+- [ ] I have created a matching pull request in the Documentation repository
+- [ ] I intend to create a matching pull request in the Documentation repository after this PR is merged
+
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+changelog:
+  exclude:
+    labels:
+      - ignore-for-release
+  categories:
+    - title: ‼️ Breaking Changes & New Settings ⚙️
+      labels:
+        - breaking-change
+        - config-change
+    - title: Updated Dependencies 🧸
+      labels:
+        - dependencies
+    - title: New Features 🎉
+      labels:
+        - enhancement
+    - title: Bug Fixes 🐛
+      labels:
+        - fix
+        - bug
+    - title: Internals/Plumbing 👩‍🔧
+        - plumbing
+        - tests
+        - deployment
+    - title: Other Changes
+      labels:
+        - "*"