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 <!---
 Please add a title which is a concise description of what you are doing,
-e.g. 'Fix bug with numpy import in pycbc_coinc_findtrigs'
+e.g. 'Fix bug with numpy import in pycbc_coinc_findtrigs' or 'add high frequency sky location dependent response for long detectors'
 --->
 
 <!---
-This is a (first attempt at a) template for PyCBC pull requests.
-- Please add sufficient details so that people looking back at the request with no context around the work
+This is a brief template for making pull requests for PyCBC.
+This is _not_ a proscriptive template - you can use a different style if you want.
+Please do think about the questions posed here and whether the details will be useful to include in your PR
+Please add sufficient details so that people looking back at the request with no context around the work
 can understand the changes.
-- To choose reviewers, please look at the git blame for the code you are changing (if applicable),
+To choose reviewers, please look at the git blame for the code you are changing (if applicable),
 or discuss in the gwastro slack.
-- Please add labels as appropriate
+Please add labels as appropriate
 -->
 
 - [ ] The author of this pull request will adhere to the [code of conduct](https://github.com/gwastro/pycbc/blob/master/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md)
 
 <!--- Some basic info about the change --->
 This is a:
-- [ ] Bug fix
-- [ ] New feature
-- [ ] Efficiency update
-- [ ] Other (please describe)
+- [ ] bug fix
+- [ ] new feature
+- [ ] efficiency update
+- [ ] other (please describe)
    - <description>
 
+<!--- What codes will this affect? 
+If you do not know which areas will be affected, please ask in the gwastro #pycbc-code slack
+--->
+This change affects:
+ - [ ] the offline search
+ - [ ] the live search
+ - [ ] inference
+ - [ ] PyGRB
+
 This change:
- - [ ] Updates documentation
- - [ ] Has appropriate unit tests
- - [ ] Follows style guidelines (See e.g. [PEP8](https://peps.python.org/pep-0008/))
- - [ ] Has been proposed using the [contribution guidelines](https://github.com/gwastro/pycbc/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md)
+ - [ ] updates documentation
+ - [ ] has appropriate unit tests
+ - [ ] updates plotting
+ - [ ] affects scientific results / output
+ - [ ] follows style guidelines (See e.g. [PEP8](https://peps.python.org/pep-0008/))
+ - [ ] has been proposed using the [contribution guidelines](https://github.com/gwastro/pycbc/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md)
 
 This change will:
 - [ ] break current functionality
 - [ ] require additional dependencies
 - [ ] require a new release
-- [ ] Other (please describe)
+- [ ] other (please describe)
    - <description>
 
 ## Motivation
 <!--- Describe why your changes are being made -->
 
 ## Contents
-<!--- Describe your changes, this doesnt need to be line-by-line,
+<!--- Describe your changes, this doesn't need to be a line-by-line code change discussion,
 but rather a general discussion of the methods chosen -->
 
 ## Links to any issues