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 ### Your checklist for this pull request
 
-Please review the [guidelines for contributing](http://solidity.readthedocs.io/en/latest/contributing.html)
-to this repository.
-Please also note that this project is released with a [Contributor Code of Conduct](../CONDUCT.md)
-By participating in this project you agree to abide by its terms.
+Please review the [guidelines for contributing](http://solidity.readthedocs.io/en/latest/contributing.html) to this repository.
+
+Please also note that this project is released with a [Contributor Code of Conduct](CONDUCT.md). By participating in this project you agree to abide by its terms.
 
 ### Checklist
 - [ ] Code compiles correctly
-- [ ] Created tests which fail without the change (if possible)
 - [ ] All tests passing
+- [ ] Created tests which fail without the change (if possible)
 - [ ] Extended the README / documentation, if necessary
-- [ ] Changes should be described with meaningful commit messages
+- [ ] Used meaningful commit messages
 
 ### Description
 Please explain the changes you made here.