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+# Changelog
+
+All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
+
+The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
+This project (not yet) adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
+
+
+## Unreleased
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-Adhocracy 4 Changelog
-=====================
-
-Development
------------
-
- - First preview release
- - All inline scripts were removed. Instead, we now use placeholder elements
-   with a `data-a4-widget' attribute that you should use to manually initialize
-   comment, follow, rating, and report widgets.
- - Collapsible RichText fields are introduced and used for Project.information.
-   Projects derived from adhocracy4 have to add the collapsible-image-editor
-   config to BLEACH_LIST and CKEDITOR_CONFIGS.
- - Introducing DistinctOrderingFilter to ensure that every queryset gets
-   a distinct ordering
- - adding API calls to /moderatorremarks/ to api.js