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 # Before submitting
 
-- Was this discussed/approved via a Github issue? (no need for typos, doc improvements)
-- Did you read the [contributor guideline](https://github.com/williamFalcon/pytorch-lightning/blob/master/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md)?
-- Did you make sure to update the docs?   
-- Did you write any new necessary tests?  
+- [ ] Was this discussed/approved via a Github issue? (no need for typos, doc improvements)
+- [ ] Did you read the [contributor guideline](https://github.com/williamFalcon/pytorch-lightning/blob/master/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md)?
+- [ ] Did you make sure to update the docs?   
+- [ ] Did you write any new necessary tests?  
 
 ## What does this PR do?
 Fixes # (issue).
 
 ## PR review    
 Anyone in the community is free to review the PR once the tests have passed.     
-If we didn't discuss your PR in Github issues there's a high chance it will not be merged.   
+If we didn't discuss your PR in Github issues there's a high chance it will not be merged.
 
 ## Did you have fun?
 Make sure you had fun coding 🙃