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-### Description of issue
-Describe in detail what exactly happened. No "it no workie" will be accepted. Clear and concise definitions of what *exactly* the problem is.
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-### What should have happened
-Write out what the expected behavior/etc is.
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-### Reproduction steps (if applicable)
-Inform us how to reproduce this issue so we can effectively debug it.
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-### What is being proposed
-Write a clear and verbose description here of what exactly is being proposed.
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-### Pros 
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-### Cons
-* List out bullet points here of potential cons
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-Put a brief and concise description of the changes you made here.
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-* [ ] Detailed Changes added to CHANGELOG (Required to be merged)
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-* [ ] Changes tested to ensure they function as expected (Required to be merged)
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-* [x] I acknowledge that this contribution will be released under the AGPL license.