DOCS: add action items to PR template

brunobeltran · brunobeltran · commit 088f8f5a5fa3 · 2020-08-24T12:01:19.000-07:00
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 ## PR Checklist
 
-- [ ] Has Pytest style unit tests
-- [ ] Code is [Flake 8](http://flake8.pycqa.org/en/latest/) compliant
-- [ ] New features are documented, with examples if plot related
-- [ ] Documentation is sphinx and numpydoc compliant
-- [ ] Added an entry to doc/users/next_whats_new/ if major new feature (follow instructions in README.rst there)
-- [ ] Documented in doc/api/next_api_changes/* if API changed in a backward-incompatible way
+<!-- Feel free to delete any checkboxes that do not apply to this PR. -->
+
+- [ ] Has pytest style unit tests (and `pytest` passes).
+- [ ] is [Flake 8](https://flake8.pycqa.org/en/latest/) compliant
+  (run `flake8` on changed files to check).
+- [ ] New features are documented, with examples if plot related.
+- [ ] Documentation is sphinx and numpydoc compliant (the docs should
+  [build](https://matplotlib.org/devel/documenting_mpl.html#building-the-docs)
+  without error).
+- [ ] New features have an entry in `doc/users/next_whats_new/`
+  (follow instructions in README.rst there).
+- [ ] API changes documented in `doc/api/next_api_changes/` (follow instructions
+  in `doc/api/api_changes_[NEXT_VERSION]/README.rst`).
 
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