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+Hello! Please make sure to check all these boxes before submitting a Pull Request
+(PR). Once you have checked the boxes, feel free to remove all text except the
+justification in point 4. 
+
+1. [ ] You have run tests on this submission, either by using [Travis Continuous Integration testing](https://github.com/pysal/pysal/wiki/GitHub-Standard-Operating-Procedures#automated-testing-w-travis-ci) testing or running `nosetests` on your changes?
+2. [ ] This pull introduces new functionality covered by
+   [docstrings](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Docstring#Python) and
+   [unittests](https://docs.python.org/3.6/library/unittest.html)? 
+3. [ ] You have [assigned a
+   reviewer](https://help.github.com/articles/assigning-issues-and-pull-requests-to-other-github-users/) and added relevant [labels](https://help.github.com/articles/applying-labels-to-issues-and-pull-requests/)
+4. [ ] The justification for this PR is: