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+<!--
+
+Thanks for contributing a pull request! Please make sure you have read the
+[contribution guidelines](https://mne.tools/dev/development/contributing.html)
+before submitting.
+
+Please be aware that we are a loose team of volunteers so patience is
+necessary. Assistance handling other issues is very welcome. We value
+all user contributions, no matter how minor they are. If we are slow to
+review, either the pull request needs some benchmarking, tinkering,
+convincing, etc. or more likely the reviewers are simply busy. In either
+case, we ask for your understanding during the review process.
+
+Again, thanks for contributing!
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+-->
+
+#### Reference issue (if any)
+
+<!-- Example:
+
+Fixes #1234.
+
+-->
+
+
+#### What does this implement/fix?
+
+<!-- Explain your changes. -->
+
+
+#### Additional information
+
+<!-- Any additional information you think is important. -->