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 <!-- ALL-CONTRIBUTORS-BADGE:START - Do not remove or modify this section -->
 [![All Contributors](https://img.shields.io/badge/all_contributors-5-orange.svg?style=flat-square)](#contributors-)
 <!-- ALL-CONTRIBUTORS-BADGE:END -->
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+[![DOI](https://zenodo.org/badge/DOI/10.5281/zenodo.14052273.svg)](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14052273)
 [![Copier](https://img.shields.io/endpoint?url=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/copier-org/copier/master/img/badge/badge-black.json)](https://github.com/copier-org/copier)
 
 > A Python package template that supports the pyOpenSci
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 To use this template:
 
-1. install copier using [pipx](https://pipx.pypa.io/stable/) or pip preferably with a [virtual environment](https://www.pyopensci.org/python-package-guide/CONTRIBUTING.html#create-a-virtual-environment).
+1. Install copier using [pipx](https://pipx.pypa.io/stable/) or pip preferably with a [virtual environment](https://www.pyopensci.org/python-package-guide/CONTRIBUTING.html#create-a-virtual-environment).
 
     ```sh
     pipx install copier
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 <!-- ALL-CONTRIBUTORS-LIST:END -->
 
-This project follows the [all-contributors](https://github.com/all-contributors/all-contributors) specification. Contributions of any kind welcome!
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+This project follows the [all-contributors](https://github.com/all-contributors/all-contributors) specification. Contributions of any kind welcome!