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Update getting help section
dstansby Apr 14, 2026
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Don't filter Twitter links when checking for broken links
dstansby Apr 14, 2026
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Fix link checking
dstansby Apr 14, 2026
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Use matrix instead of gitter link
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8 changes: 2 additions & 6 deletions cheatsheets.tex
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\begin{myboxed}{Getting help}
\href{https://matplotlib.org}
{\faIcon{globe}\,matplotlib.org}\\
\href{https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/issues}
{\faIcon{github}\,github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/issues}\\
\href{https://discourse.matplotlib.org}
{\faIcon{discourse}\,discourse.matplotlib.org}\\
\href{https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/matplotlib}
{\faIcon{stack-overflow}\,stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/matplotlib}\\
\href{https://twitter.com/matplotlib}
{\faIcon{twitter}\,twitter.com/matplotlib}\\
\href{https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/matplotlib-users}
{\faIcon[regular]{envelope}\,Matplotlib users mailing list}
\href{https://matrix.to/#/#matplotlib_matplotlib:gitter.im}
{\faIcon{gitter}\,gitter.im/matplotlib/matplotlib}
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We're trying to move to the discourse chats now and we should update the homepage to reflect that.

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Is your recommendation to remove gitter altogether here?

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I think that's the right thing to do here, and on the homepage at that discourse is also for chatting. (Sorry didn't make a concrete suggestion yesterday cause I think I wasn't sure what we should do).

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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions check-links.py
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status_codes = [pdfx.downloader.get_status_code(ref.ref) for ref in refs]

broken_links = [(ref.ref, code) for ref, code in zip(refs, status_codes) if code != 200]
# It seems that Twitter and stackoverflow do not respond well to the link checker and throws a 400
broken_links = [b for b in broken_links if not ('twitter.com' in b[0] or 'stackoverflow.com' in b[0])]
# It seems that stackoverflow does not respond well to the link checker and throws a 400
broken_links = [b for b in broken_links if not ('stackoverflow.com' in b[0])]

if len(broken_links) == 0:
sys.exit(0)
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