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@@ -1,22 +1,3 @@
-Thank you for your contribution to scvi-tools. Please read the following checklist before
-submitting your pull request.
-
----
-
-## General
-
-- [ ] I have read the [contributing guide](https://docs.scvi-tools.org/en/stable/contributing/index.html)
-- [ ] I have verified that there are no other pull requests open for the same fix or feature
-
-## Description
-
-- [ ] I have linked the relevant issue(s) and/or included a description of the changes to this section
-- [ ] If the changes fully address an issue, I have added `Fixes #<issue number>` to the PR description
-
-## Documentation
-
-- [ ] I have added appropriate comments and documentation where necessary
-
 ## Formatting
 
 - [ ] My tutorial has only one top-level (`#`) header
@@ -30,4 +11,4 @@ submitting your pull request.
 ## Other
 
 - [ ] Counts and normalized data should co-exist in the datasets, see the [API overview](https://docs.scvi-tools.org/en/stable/tutorials/notebooks/api_overview.html) for an example
-- [ ] Normalization should be counts per median library size and then log1p transformed -- if not, a reason should be given
+- [ ] For scRNA-seq data, normalization should be counts per median library size and then log1p transformed -- if not, a reason should be given