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 ## Checklist
 - [ ] A pattern for this format doesn't exist yet (or this PR improves the existing one)
 - [ ] The new pattern has been added to the relevant table in the Readme
+- [ ] The new pattern has a description pragma (`#pragma description My pattern Description here`)
 - [ ] The pattern was associated with all relevant MIME types (using `#pragma MIME mime-type` in the source code)
   - Make sure to never use `application/octet-stream` here as that means "Unidentifiable binary data"
 - [ ] A test file for this pattern has been added to [/tests/patterns/test_data](/tests/patterns/test_data)