Condensed checklist by linking out to the related section of the

story645 · story645 · commit e9a545cd908b · 2023-04-27T16:06:31.000-04:00
contributing guide and removed stuff about building/passing tests
since that's handled in the CI. Hoping that shortening it will improve
usage of it. Also swapped out the gitwash link for the developement
guide.
diff --git a/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md b/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
@@ -1,29 +1,21 @@
-## PR Summary
+## PR summary
 
-## PR Checklist
+## PR checklist
+<!-- Please mark any checkboxes that do not apply to this PR as [N/A].-->
 
-<!-- Please mark any checkboxes that do not apply to this PR as [N/A]. -->
-**Linked Issue**
-- [ ] Added "closes #0000" in the PR description to link it to the original issue.
-
-**Documentation and Tests**
-- [ ] Has pytest style unit tests (and `pytest` passes)
-- [ ] Documentation is sphinx and numpydoc compliant (the docs should [build](https://matplotlib.org/devel/documenting_mpl.html#building-the-docs) without error).
-- [ ] New plotting related features are documented with examples.
-
-**Release Notes**
-- [ ] New features are marked with a `.. versionadded::` directive in the docstring and documented in `doc/users/next_whats_new/`
-- [ ] API changes are marked with a `.. versionchanged::` directive in the docstring and documented in `doc/api/next_api_changes/`
-- [ ] Release notes conform with instructions in  `next_whats_new/README.rst` or `next_api_changes/README.rst`
+- [ ] "closes #0000" is in the body of the PR description to [link the related issue](https://docs.github.com/en/issues/tracking-your-work-with-issues/linking-a-pull-request-to-an-issue)
+- [ ] new and changed code is [tested](https://matplotlib.org/devdocs/devel/testing.html)
+- [ ] *Plotting related* features are demonstrated in an [example](https://matplotlib.org/devdocs/devel/documenting_mpl.html#writing-examples-and-tutorials)
+- [ ] *New Features* and *API Changes* are noted with a [directive and release note](https://matplotlib.org/devdocs/devel/coding_guide.html#new-features-and-api-changes)
+- [ ] Documentation complies with [general](https://matplotlib.org/devdocs/devel/documenting_mpl.html#writing-rest-pages) and [docstring](https://matplotlib.org/devdocs/devel/documenting_mpl.html#writing-docstrings) guidelines
 
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