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 ## Review checklist for @<%= reviewer %>
 
-✨ Important: Please do not use the _Convert to issue_ functionality when working through this checklist, instead, please open any new issues associated with your review [in the software repository associated with the submission](<%= repository_url %>). ✨
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 ### Conflict of interest
 
 - [ ] I confirm that I have read the [JOSS conflict of interest (COI) policy](https://github.com/openjournals/joss/blob/master/COI.md) and that: I have no COIs with reviewing this work or that any perceived COIs have been waived by JOSS for the purpose of this review.