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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).
-
-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.
--->
-
 ##### System information (version)
 <!-- Example
-- OpenCV => 3.1
+- OpenCV => 4.2
 - Operating System / Platform => Windows 64 Bit
-- Compiler => Visual Studio 2015
+- Compiler => Visual Studio 2017
 -->
 
 - OpenCV => :grey_question:
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     // C++ code example
     ```
  or attach as .txt or .zip file
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\ No newline at end of file
+-->
+
+##### Issue submission checklist
+
+ - [ ] I report the issue, it's not a question
+   <!--
+   OpenCV team works with answers.opencv.org, Stack Overflow and other communities
+   to discuss problems. Tickets with question without real issue statement will be
+   closed.
+   -->
+ - [ ] I checked the problem with documentation, FAQ, open issues,
+       answers.opencv.org, Stack Overflow, etc and have not found solution
+   <!--
+   Places to check:
+   * OpenCV documentation: https://docs.opencv.org
+   * FAQ page: https://github.com/opencv/opencv/wiki/FAQ
+   * OpenCV forum: https://answers.opencv.org
+   * OpenCV issue tracker: https://github.com/opencv/opencv/issues?q=is%3Aissue
+   * OpenCV Contrib issue tracker: https://github.com/opencv/opencv_contrib/issues?q=is%3Aissue
+   * Stack Overflow branch: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/opencv
+   -->
+ - [ ] I updated to latest OpenCV version and the issue is still there
+   <!--
+   master branch for OpenCV 4.x and 3.4 branch for OpenCV 3.x releases.
+   OpenCV team supports only latest release for each branch.
+   The ticket is closed, if the problem is not reproduced with modern version.
+   -->
+ - [ ] There is reproducer code and related data files: videos, images, onnx, etc
+   <!--
+   The best reproducer -- test case for OpenCV that we can add to the library.
+   Recommendations for media files and binary files:
+   * Try to reproduce the issue with images and videos in opencv_extra repository
+     to reduce attachment size
+   * Use PNG for images, if you report some CV related bug, but not image reader
+     issue
+   * Attach the image as archive to the ticket, if you report some reader issue.
+     Image hosting services compress images and it breaks the repro code.
+   * Provide ONNX file for some public model or ONNX file with with random weights,
+     if you report ONNX parsing or handling issue. Architecture details diagram
+     from netron tool can be very useful too. See https://lutzroeder.github.io/netron/
+   -->