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 To be on the list, project repositories should adhere to these quality standards:
 
-- Code is functional
+- Code functions as documented and expected
 - Generally useful to the wider community of Go programmers
 - Actively maintained
   - Regular, recent commits
@@ -34,4 +34,8 @@ To be on the list, project repositories should adhere to these quality standards
 
 ## Reporting issues
 
-Please open an issue if you would like ot discuss anything that could be improved or have suggestions for making the list a more valuable resource. We realize sometimes packages fall into abandonment or have breaking builds for extended periods of time, so if you see that, feel free to change its listing or let us know. We also realize that sometimes projects are just going through transitions or are more experimental in nature. These can still be cool, but we can indicate them as transitory or experimental. Thanks everyone!
+Please open an issue if you would like ot discuss anything that could be improved or have suggestions for making the list a more valuable resource. We realize sometimes packages fall into abandonment or have breaking builds for extended periods of time, so if you see that, feel free to change its listing or let us know. We also realize that sometimes projects are just going through transitions or are more experimental in nature. These can still be cool, but we can indicate them as transitory or experimental.
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+Removal changes will not be applied until they have been pending for a minimum of 1 week (7 days). This grace window benefits projects that may be going through a temporary transition but are otherwise worthy of being on the list.
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+Thanks everyone!