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 If you have a question rather than reporting a bug please go to http://answers.opencv.org where you get much faster responses.
 If you need further assistance please read [How To Contribute](https://github.com/opencv/opencv/wiki/How_to_contribute).
 
+Please:
+
+* Read the documentation to test with the latest developer build.
+* Check if other person has already created the same issue to avoid duplicates. You can comment on it if there already is an issue.
+* Try to be as detailed as possible in your report.
+* Report only one problem per created issue.
+
+
 This is a template helping you to create an issue which can be processed as quickly as possible. This is the bug reporting section for the OpenCV library.
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     // C++ code example
     ```
  or attach as .txt or .zip file
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