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-If you are creating this PR in order to submit a draft of your paper,
-please tag your PR with `paper` and a GitHub Action will be run to check and build your paper.
+If you are creating this PR in order to submit a draft of your paper, please name your PR with `Paper: <title>`. An editor will then add a `paper` label and GitHub Actions will be run to check and build your paper.
 
-See the [project readme](https://github.com/scipy-conference/scipy_proceedings#preview-your-paper)
-for more information.
+See the [project readme](https://github.com/scipy-conference/scipy_proceedings#preview-your-paper) for more information.
 
 _Editor_: <!--editor--> <!--end-editor-->