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 Closes #234
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+
+## Before You Submit
+<small>Please ensure you check the following items to indicate that you've read this section and completed each task</small>
+
+- [ ] My code follows the [Contribution Guidelines](https://github.com/searxng/searxng/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md)
+- [ ] I give expressed consent for my work to be used in this repo
+- [ ] I have tested my work and it functions as intended
+- [ ] I have included documentation if the change requires such
+
+If you have problems, e.g. with the documentation (reST markup), then we can help in the review process.