From 815a0146fe33b346c520e05d2e308370e2b272fc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mloning <markus.loning.17@ucl.ac.uk>
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2020 12:24:32 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Update PR template

---
 .github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md | 26 +++++++++++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md b/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
index 2346d996b96..413fe4824c6 100644
--- a/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
+++ b/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-Thanks for contributing a pull request! Please ensure you have taken a look at the contribution guidelines: https://github.com/alan-turing-institute/sktime/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md
+Thanks for contributing a pull request! Please ensure you have taken a look at our contribution guide: https://github.com/alan-turing-institute/sktime/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md
 -->
 
 #### Reference Issues/PRs
@@ -14,26 +14,30 @@ is merged. See https://github.com/blog/1506-closing-issues-via-pull-requests
 
 #### What does this implement/fix? Explain your changes.
 <!--
-A clear and concise description of what you have implemented. 
+A clear and concise description of what you have implemented.
 -->
 
-#### Does your contribution introduce a new dependency? If yes, which one? 
+#### Does your contribution introduce a new dependency? If yes, which one?
 
 <!--
-If your contribution does add a new hard dependency, we may suggest to initially develop your contribution in a separate companion package in https://github.com/sktime/ to keep external dependencies of the core sktime package to a minimum. 
+If your contribution does add a new hard dependency, we may suggest to initially develop your contribution in a separate companion package in https://github.com/sktime/ to keep external dependencies of the core sktime package to a minimum.
 -->
 
 
-#### PR checklist for new estimators 
+#### PR checklist
 <!--
-This is only relevant if you contribute a new estimator (classifiers, regressors, forecasters, etc.). If so, please go through the checklist below. Otherwise please ignore the check list.
+Please go through the checklist below. Please feel free to remove points if they are not applicable.
+-->
 
-- [ ] I've added unit tests and made sure they pass locally. 
-- [ ] I've updated the existing example notebooks or provided a new one to showcase how my estimator works.
-- [ ] I've updated sktime's [CODEOWNERS](https://github.com/alan-turing-institute/sktime/blob/master/CODEOWNERS) and I'm committed to maintain my algorithm.
-- [ ] I've added myself to the list of contributors.
+##### For all contributions
+- [ ] I've added myself to the [list of contributors](https://github.com/alan-turing-institute/sktime/blob/master/.all-contributorsrc).
+- [ ] Optionally, I've updated sktime's [CODEOWNERS](https://github.com/alan-turing-institute/sktime/blob/master/CODEOWNERS) to receive notifications about future changes to these files.
+- [ ] I've added unit tests and made sure they pass locally.
+
+##### For new estimators
 - [ ] I've added the estimator to the online documentation.
--->
+- [ ] I've updated the existing example notebooks or provided a new one to showcase how my estimator works.
+
 
 #### Any other comments?
 <!--