diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 3c9c33c468..d9c30d85e0 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -4,29 +4,26 @@
Contributing
[](https://forum.exercism.org)
- [](https://exercism.org)
+ [](https://exercism.org)
[](https://exercism.org/blog/freeing-our-maintainers)
[](https://github.com/exercism/python/actions?query=workflow%3A%22Exercises+check%22)
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-### We are not accepting community contributions at this time.
+> [!IMPORTANT]
+> We are not accepting community contributions at this time.
+>
+>
+> 
+>
+> We love our community. We're grateful you are interested in improving the Python track.
+> But our maintainers are **not accepting community contributions at this time.**
+> If you would like to discuss possible future changes, please open a [thread on the forum](https://forum.exercism.org/).
+>
+> This [community blog post](https://exercism.org/blog/freeing-our-maintainers) contains more details.
+>
+>
+>
-
-
-
-
-We're grateful for your interested in helping improve the Python track. but our maintainers are **not accepting community contributions at this time.**
-If you would like to discuss possible future changes, please open a [thread on the forum](https://forum.exercism.org/).
-
-This [community blog post](https://exercism.org/blog/freeing-our-maintainers) contains more details.
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-
-
-
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@@ -35,7 +32,7 @@ Hi. 👋🏽 👋 **We are happy you are here.** 🎉&nb
**`exercism/Python`** is one of many programming language tracks on [exercism(dot)org][exercism-website].
This repo holds all the instructions, tests, code, & support files for Python _exercises_ currently under development or implemented & available for students.
-🌟 Track exercises support Python `3.7` - `3.11.2`.
+🌟 Track exercises support Python `3.7` - `3.11.5`.
Exceptions to this support are noted where they occur.
🌟 Track tooling (_test-runner, representer, analyzer, and Continuous Integration_) runs on Python `3.11.2`.
@@ -50,20 +47,25 @@ Practice exercises are open-ended, and can be used to practice concepts learned,
It is not uncommon to discover typos, confusing directions, or incorrect implementations of certain tests or code examples. Or you might have a great suggestion for a hint to aid students ( 💙 ), see optimizations for exemplar or test code, find missing test cases to add, or want to correct factual and/or logical errors. Or maybe you have a great idea 💡 for an exercise or feature ( 💙 ).
_Our track is always a work in progress!_ 🌟🌟
-While contributions are paused, we ask that you [`open a thread in our community forum`](https://forum.exercism.org) to let us know what you have found/suggest.
+While contributions are paused, we ask that you [**open a thread in our community forum**](https://forum.exercism.org) to let us know what you have found/suggest.
## 🚧 **Did you write a patch that fixes a bug?**
-**`Our maintainers are not accepting community contributions at this time.`**
-Please read this [community blog post](https://exercism.org/blog/freeing-our-maintainers) for details.
+Our maintainers are not accepting community contributions at this time.
+
+Until the pause on contributions ends, all PRs from the larger community will be **automatically closed** with a note.
+We ask that you [**open a thread in our community forum**](https://forum.exercism.org) to discuss any potential changes. Changes may or may not be approved, depending on the forum discussion.
-Once the pause ends, we will **happily** consider your PR.
-Until that time, all PRs from the larger community will be **automatically closed** with a note.
+Please read this [community blog post](https://exercism.org/blog/freeing-our-maintainers) for additional details.
+
-We're leaving the general contributing docs below for our long-term collaborators and maintainers.
+We're leaving the track contributing docs below for our long-term collaborators and maintainers.
+
+
+ Python Track Contributing Docs
In General
@@ -376,45 +378,32 @@ configlet generate --spec-path path/to/problem/specifications --
configlet generate --spec-path path/to/problem/specifications
```
+
+
[.flake8]: https://github.com/exercism/python/blob/main/.flake8
[.style.yapf]: https://github.com/exercism/python/blob/main/.style.yapf
[american-english]: https://github.com/exercism/docs/blob/main/building/markdown/style-guide.md
-[being-a-good-community-member]: https://github.com/exercism/docs/tree/main/community/good-member
[card-games-testfile]: https://github.com/exercism/python/blob/main/exercises/concept/card-games/lists_test.py
[cater-waiter]: https://github.com/exercism/python/tree/main/exercises/concept/cater-waiter
[concept-exercise-anatomy]: https://github.com/exercism/docs/blob/main/building/tracks/concept-exercises.md
-[concept-exercises]: https://github.com/exercism/docs/blob/main/building/tracks/concept-exercises.md
[config-json]: https://github.com/exercism/javascript/blob/main/config.json
-[config-json]: https://github.com/exercism/python/blob/main/config.json
-[configlet-general]: https://github.com/exercism/configlet
[configlet-lint]: https://github.com/exercism/configlet#configlet-lint
[configlet]: https://github.com/exercism/docs/blob/main/building/configlet/generating-documents.md
[distinguishing-test-iterations]: https://docs.python.org/3/library/unittest.html#distinguishing-test-iterations-using-subtests
[enumerate]: https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#enumerate
[eol]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newline
[exercise-config-json]: https://github.com/exercism/docs/blob/main/building/tracks/concept-exercises.md#full-example
-[exercise-presentation]: https://github.com/exercism/docs/blob/main/building/tracks/presentation.md
-[exercism-admins]: https://github.com/exercism/docs/blob/main/community/administrators.md
-[exercism-code-of-conduct]: https://exercism.org/docs/using/legal/code-of-conduct
-[exercism-concepts]: https://github.com/exercism/docs/blob/main/building/tracks/concepts.md
-[exercism-contributors]: https://github.com/exercism/docs/blob/main/community/contributors.md
[exercism-internal-linking]: https://github.com/exercism/docs/blob/main/building/markdown/internal-linking.md
[exercism-markdown-specification]: https://github.com/exercism/docs/blob/main/building/markdown/markdown.md
[exercism-markdown-widgets]: https://github.com/exercism/docs/blob/main/building/markdown/widgets.md
-[exercism-mentors]: https://github.com/exercism/docs/tree/main/mentoring
-[exercism-tasks]: https://exercism.org/docs/building/product/tasks
-[exercism-track-maintainers]: https://github.com/exercism/docs/blob/main/community/maintainers.md
-[exercism-track-structure]: https://github.com/exercism/docs/tree/main/building/tracks
[exercism-website]: https://exercism.org/
-[exercism-writing-style]: https://github.com/exercism/docs/blob/main/building/markdown/style-guide.md
[flake8-noqa]: https://flake8.pycqa.org/en/3.1.1/user/ignoring-errors.html#in-line-ignoring-errors
[flake8]: http://flake8.pycqa.org/
[google-coding-style]: https://google.github.io/styleguide/pyguide.html
[guidos-gorgeous-lasagna-testfile]: https://github.com/exercism/python/blob/main/exercises/concept/guidos-gorgeous-lasagna/lasagna_test.py
-[help-wanted]: https://github.com/exercism/python/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22help+wanted%22
[implicit-line-joining]: https://google.github.io/styleguide/pyguide.html#32-line-length
[markdown-language]: https://guides.github.com/pdfs/markdown-cheatsheet-online.pdf
[open-an-issue]: https://github.com/exercism/python/issues/new/choose
@@ -436,5 +425,4 @@ configlet generate --spec-path path/to/problem/specifications
[the-words-that-we-use]: https://github.com/exercism/docs/blob/main/community/good-member/words.md
[unittest]: https://docs.python.org/3/library/unittest.html#unittest.TestCase
[version-tagged-language-features]: https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#dict.popitem
-[website-contributing-section]: https://exercism.org/docs/building
[yapf]: https://github.com/google/yapf
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d8ec664458..1d2ae6861f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,10 +10,27 @@
-Hi. 👋🏽 👋 **We are happy you are here.** 🎉 🌟
+> [!IMPORTANT]
+> We are not accepting community contributions at this time.
+>
+>
+>
+>
+> We love our community. We're grateful you are interested in improving the Python track.
+> But our maintainers are **not accepting community contributions at this time.**
+> If you would like to suggest a change or discuss an issue, please open a [thread on the forum](https://forum.exercism.org/).
+>
+> This [community blog post](https://exercism.org/blog/freeing-our-maintainers) contains more details.
+>
+>
+>
+Hi. 👋🏽 👋 **We are happy you are here.** 🎉 🌟
+
+
+
**`exercism/Python`** is one of many programming language tracks on [exercism(dot)org][exercism-website].
This repo holds all the instructions, tests, code, & support files for Python _exercises_ currently under development or implemented & available for students.
@@ -43,15 +60,15 @@ It might also be helpful to look at [Being a Good Community Member][being-a-good
-We 💛 💙 our community.
-**`But our maintainers are not accepting community contributions at this time.`**
+We 💛 💙 our community.
+**But our maintainers are not accepting community contributions at this time.**
Please read this [community blog post][freeing-maintainers] for details.
Here to suggest a new feature or new exercise?? **Hooray!** 🎉
-We'd love if you did that via our [Exercism Community Forum](https://forum.exercism.org/).
+We'd love if you did that via our [Community Forum](https://forum.exercism.org/).
Please read [Suggesting Exercise Improvements][suggesting-improvements] & [Chesterton's Fence][chestertons-fence].
_Thoughtful suggestions will likely result in faster & more enthusiastic responses from volunteers._
@@ -67,7 +84,7 @@ _Thoughtful suggestions will likely result in faster & more enthusiastic respons
## Python Software and Documentation
-**Copyright © 2001-2023 Python Software Foundation. All rights reserved.**
+**Copyright © 2001-2025 Python Software Foundation. All rights reserved.**
Python software and documentation are licensed under the [PSF License Agreement][psf-license].
@@ -99,7 +116,6 @@ This repository uses the [MIT License](/LICENSE).
[exercism-writing-style]: https://github.com/exercism/docs/blob/main/building/markdown/style-guide.md
[freeing-maintainers]: https://exercism.org/blog/freeing-our-maintainers
[practice-exercises]: https://github.com/exercism/docs/blob/main/building/tracks/practice-exercises.md
-[prs]: https://github.com/exercism/docs/blob/main/community/good-member/pull-requests.md
[psf-license]: https://docs.python.org/3/license.html#psf-license
[python-syllabus]: https://exercism.org/tracks/python/concepts
[suggesting-improvements]: https://github.com/exercism/docs/blob/main/community/good-member/suggesting-exercise-improvements.md