From c690e0250ad445a8594077e21bd3f42413576176 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: BethanyG
+- If you are **requesting support**, we will be along shortly to help. (*generally within* **72 hours,** *often more quickly*).
+- **Found a problem** with tests, exercises or something else?? ๐
+ ◦ We'll take a look as soon as we can & identify what work is needed to fix it. *(generally within* **72 hours**).
-- If you are **requesting support**, we will be along shortly to help. (*generally within* **72 hours,** *often more quickly*).
-- **Found a problem** with tests, exercises or something else?? ๐
- We'll take a look as soon as we can & identify what work is needed to fix it. *(generally within* **72 hours**).
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-โ - If you'd also like to make a PR to **fix** the issue after discussing it,
- _We ๐ PRs that follow our [Exercism](https://exercism.org/docs/building) & [Track](https://github.com/exercism/python/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md) contributing guidelines!_
+โ ◦ _If you'd also like to make a PR to **fix** the issue, please have a quick look at the [Pull Requests][prs] doc._
+ _We ๐ PRs that follow our [Exercsim][exercism-guidelines] & [Track][track-guidelines] contributing guidelines!_
- Here because of an obvious (*and* **small** *set of*) spelling, grammar, or punctuation issues with **one** exercise,
concept, or Python document?? ๐ `Please feel free to submit a PR, linking to this issue.` ๐
-โ โ Please **do not** run checks on the whole repo & submit a bunch of PRs.
- This creates longer review cycles & exhausts reviewers energy & time.
- It may also conflict with ongoing changes from other contributors.
- For anything complicated or ambiguous, **let's discuss things** -- we will likely welcome a PR from you.
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+- For anything complicated or ambiguous, **let's discuss things** -- we will likely welcome a PR from you.
+- _Here to suggest a feature or new exercise??_ **Hooray!** Please keep in mind [_Chesterton's Fence_][chestertons-fence].
+_Thoughtful suggestions will likely result faster & more enthusiastic responses from maintainers._
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+โผ๏ธ Please Do Not โผ๏ธ
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-โ โ Please keep in mind that inserting only blank lines, making a closing bracket drop to the next line, changing a
- word to a synonym without obvious reason, adding trailing space that's not a[ EOL](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newline) for the very end of text files,
- and other "changes just to change things" are **not** considered helpful, and will likely be closed by reviewers.
+โ โ Run checks on the whole repo & submit a bunch of PRs.
+ This creates longer review cycles & exhausts reviewers energy & time.
+ It may also conflict with ongoing changes from other contributors.
+โ โ Insert only blank lines, make a closing bracket drop to the next line, change a word
+ to a synonym without obvious reason, or add trailing space that's not an[ EOL][EOL] for the very end of text files.
+ โ Introduce arbitrary changes "just to change things" .
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+ _...These sorts of things are **not** considered helpful, and will likely be closed by reviewers._
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-๐ _While you are here..._ If you decide to help out with other [open issues](https://github.com/exercism/python/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22help+wanted%22), you have our **gratitude** ๐ ๐๐ฝ.
+๐ ๐ _While you are here..._ If you decide to help out with other [open issues][open-issues], you have our **gratitude** ๐ ๐๐ฝ.
Anything tagged with `[help wanted]` and without `[Claimed]` is up for grabs.
Comment on the issue and we will reserve it for you. ๐ โจ
-_Here to suggest a feature or new exercise??_ **Hooray!** ๐ Please keep in mind [_Chesterton's Fence_](https://github.com/exercism/docs/blob/main/community/good-member/chestertons-fence.md).
-_Thoughtful suggestions will likely result faster & more enthusiastic responses from maintainers._
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+[prs]: https://github.com/exercism/docs/blob/main/community/good-member/pull-requests.md
+[EOL]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newline
+[chestertons-fence]: https://github.com/exercism/docs/blob/main/community/good-member/chestertons-fence.md
+[exercism-guidelines]: https://exercism.org/docs/building
+[open-issues]: https://github.com/exercism/python/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22help+wanted%22
+[track-guidelines]: https://github.com/exercism/python/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md
diff --git a/.github/pr-commenter.yml b/.github/pr-commenter.yml
index 6c9a5a07..b6c6af2c 100644
--- a/.github/pr-commenter.yml
+++ b/.github/pr-commenter.yml
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ comment:
โ ๏ธ Please be aware โ ๏ธ
- _This repo does not generally accept Pull Requests unless they follow our [contributing guidelines](https://github.com/exercism/python/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md) and are:_
+ _This repo does not generally accept []Pull Requests](https://github.com/exercism/docs/blob/main/community/good-member/pull-requests.md) unless they follow our [contributing guidelines](https://github.com/exercism/python/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md) and are:_
1๏ธโฃ Small, contained fixes for typos/grammar/punctuation/code syntax on [one] exercise,
2๏ธโฃ Medium changes that have been agreed/discussed via a filed issue,
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 1d47d563..816a44f6 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Exercises are grouped into **concept** exercises which teach the [Python syllabu
๐๐ If you have not already done so, please take a moment to read our [Code of Conduct][exercism-code-of-conduct]. ๐๐
-It might also be helpful to look at [Being a Good Community Member][being-a-good-community-member] & [The words that we use][the-words-that-we-use].
+It might also be helpful to look at [Being a Good Community Member][being-a-good-community-member] & [The words that we use][the-words-that-we-use], and [Pull Requests][prs].
Some defined roles in our community: [Contributors][exercism-contributors] **|** [Mentors][exercism-mentors] **|** [Maintainers][exercism-track-maintainers] **|** [Admins][exercism-admins]
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ Please ๐ [ Open an issue ][open-an-issue]๐ , and let us kno
## ๐ง **Did you write a patch that fixes a bug?**
+_Before you get started, please review [Pull Requests][prs]._
+
๐ ๐ **We Warmly Welcome Pull Requests that are:**
@@ -62,6 +64,7 @@ When in doubt, ๐ [ Open an issue ][open-an-issue]๐ . We wil
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