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 # ALL THE BELOW CHECKBOXES SHOULD BE DONE AND CHECKED AND THE ABOVE PLACEHOLDERS SHOULD BE FILLED IN BEFORE SUBMITTING A PULL REQUEST!
 
 - [ ] I have read and understood the [contribution guidelines](https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome/blob/master/contributing.md) and the [instructions for creating a list](https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome/blob/master/create-list.md).
-- [ ] This pull request has a descriptive title.
+- [ ] This pull request has a descriptive title. *(For example: `Add Node.js`)*
 - The list I added
 	- [ ] **has been around for at least 20 days,**
 	- [ ] is not a duplicate,
-	- [ ] only has awesome items with descriptions,
+	- [ ] only has awesome items with descriptions *(Awesome lists are curations of the best, not of everything)*,
 	- [ ] contains the [awesome badge](https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome/blob/master/awesome.md#awesome-badge) on the right side of the list heading,
-	- [ ] has an [appropriate license](https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome/blob/master/awesome.md#choose-an-appropriate-license),
+	- [ ] has a `Table of Contents` as the first section,
+	- [ ] has an [appropriate license](https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome/blob/master/awesome.md#choose-an-appropriate-license) *(Meaning something like CC0, NOT a code licence like MIT, BSD, Apache, etc)*,
 	- [ ] has [contribution guidelines](https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome/blob/master/awesome.md#include-contribution-guidelines),
-	- [ ] has been checked for inconsistent formatting, spelling and grammar, and
+	- [ ] has been checked for inconsistent formatting, spelling, and grammar *(This includes starting each link description with an uppercase character and ending it with a dot, and consistent naming)*,
 	- [ ] has been added at the bottom of the appropriate category.