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+[//]: # (Thank you for helping us out: your efforts mean great deal to the project and the community as a whole!)
+
+[//]: # (Before you proceed:)
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+[//]: # (1. Make sure to add yourself to `CONTRIBUTORS.rst` through this PR provided you're contributing here for the first time)
+[//]: # (2. Don't forget to update the `docs/` presuming others would benefit from a concise description of whatever that you're proposing)
+
+
+## Description
+
+[//]: # (What's it you're proposing?)
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+
+
+
+## Rationale
+
+[//]: # (Why does the project need that?)
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+
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+## Use case(s) / visualization(s)
+
+[//]: # ("Better to see something once than to hear about it a thousand times.")
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