Re: [pydotorg-www] PSF Contributor form

2012-04-21 Thread Mats Wichmann
As an employee of a large corporation, I'll observe that the problem with contributor forms is once you have to sign one, the lawyer has to get involved. Once the lawyer has to get involved, life WILL get complicated. Of any 32 corporations, 27 will have a lawyer who wants to make a

Re: [pydotorg-www] PSF Contributor form

2012-04-22 Thread Mats Wichmann
On 04/21/2012 11:08 PM, Martin v. Löwis wrote: Am 22.04.2012 01:02, schrieb Mats Wichmann: As an employee of a large corporation, I'll observe that the problem with contributor forms is once you have to sign one, the lawyer has to get involved. Once the lawyer has to get involved, life

Re: [pydotorg-www] Fwd: [PSF-Members] Why are we having people register at python.org

2015-01-05 Thread Mats Wichmann
On 01/04/15 14:04, Steve Holden wrote: Hi all, Most of you will be aware of the recent thread on the psf-members list. I copy the latest message from a board member and will intersperse my remarks therein. Hmmm, I'm not on psf-members and am not aware of what the issue is. Too much work

Re: [pydotorg-www] [PSF-Members] Why are we having people register at python.org

2015-01-07 Thread Mats Wichmann
On 01/06/15 09:30, Steve Holden wrote: Since it appears you are my only supporter, I feel my energies would be better spent devoted to acquiring a livable pension before I hit 70. Let's see what the board announces after its next meeting. I think you'd find you have more than one supporter,

Re: [pydotorg-www] Resignation from PSF membership

2016-06-03 Thread Mats Wichmann
On 06/03/2016 03:06 AM, M.-A. Lemburg wrote: > On 02.06.2016 22:45, Piotr Tynecki wrote: >> Hello, >> >> Can you tell me how can I remove my PSF membership account from the >> python.org website? >> >> https://www.python.org/users/katharsis/ >> >> Before removal the account I want to resign from

Re: [pydotorg-www] Wiki page documenting running standard modules as scripts

2016-01-17 Thread Mats Wichmann
On 01/13/2016 10:47 AM, John Whitlock wrote: > Initial version is now at https://wiki.python.org/moin/ExecutableModules . > It is incomplete - feel free to add others, standardize the formatting and > markup, etc. Just observing, I guess I don't see the value of the second section; the method

Re: [pydotorg-www] Python Basics For Data Science Cheat Sheet

2016-10-13 Thread Mats Wichmann
On 10/13/2016 09:02 AM, Steve Holden wrote: > Hi Karlijn, > > The value of a Wiki is that it's user-editable. You have to create an > account, then let us know what it is and we can add editing privileges. > > This looks like halfway reasonable content, but it would be MUCH better to > link

Re: [pydotorg-www] problem with classes and objects in python 2.7.5 version

2016-12-01 Thread Mats Wichmann
On 12/01/2016 01:55 AM, PONNANA CHINNAMA NAIDU wrote: > hi sir > i am getting error while i execute the code related to the classes > and objects.what its showing is "constructor can not take the arguments". > please tell me the solution Hopefully the resources in the autoreply will give

Re: [pydotorg-www] wiki maintenance ideas?

2017-08-10 Thread Mats Wichmann
On 08/08/2017 03:05 PM, M.-A. Lemburg wrote: > Keeping a wiki up to date is certainly possible, but it's a lot > of work and needs people who care about it or at least parts of it. > > Specifically for the beginners resources, I could imagine that > we'd find people who are interested in this,

Re: [pydotorg-www] Requesting editing permission

2017-07-13 Thread Mats Wichmann
On 07/12/2017 06:47 AM, Jacob Arnould wrote: > To whom it may concern, > > I would like to be added to the editors group because I would like to run a > Sprint. > > Thank you in advance, > Jacob Arnould You will need to write back with your wiki username for this to take place.

Re: [pydotorg-www] EuroPython sprint edit

2017-07-13 Thread Mats Wichmann
On 07/13/2017 03:39 AM, Piotr Dyba wrote: > Hi, > my usera name is: Piotr Dyba > (with space in the middle ;/) Added, with space in the middle :) (one could point out that you didn't read the instructions saying not to do that... but there's enough precedent at this point I'm not fussing). > I

Re: [pydotorg-www] Wiki Edit access request (EuroPython 2017 Sprints)

2017-07-13 Thread Mats Wichmann
On 07/13/2017 06:25 AM, Romain Dorgueil wrote: > Hello, > > I'd like to be able to edit the python.org wiki page at > https://wiki.python.org/moin/EuroPython2017/Sprints to add the sprint I > organize. My login is RomainDorgueil. > > Thanks in advance for your help. > > Romain added.

Re: [pydotorg-www] Request to Join Editors Group

2017-07-13 Thread Mats Wichmann
On 07/12/2017 04:57 PM, Grant Jenks wrote: > Hello, > > I would like to join the editors group for wiki.python.org and my username > is GrantJenks. I recently published Free Python Games at > http://www.grantjenks.com/docs/freegames/ and would like to add a link to > the Python Games page at

[pydotorg-www] wiki maintenance ideas?

2017-08-08 Thread Mats Wichmann
In an ideal world, interested parties fix things on the wiki when they find they have problems. And I'm heartened there's been a spate of link-fixing contributions recently, system working the way it's supposed to :) Does it make any sense to think about any kind of more systematic maintenance

Re: [pydotorg-www] Please would you add me to the EditorsGroup?

2017-08-08 Thread Mats Wichmann
On 08/07/2017 05:01 PM, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Tue, Aug 8, 2017 at 5:59 AM, Will White wrote: >> My account name is WillWhite. I intend to update the "Learn Python in 10 >> minutes" link on https://wiki.python.org/moin/BeginnersGuide/Programmers. > > What needs to be

Re: [pydotorg-www] edit rights please

2017-08-19 Thread Mats Wichmann
On 08/15/2017 03:20 PM, Tom Viner wrote: > Hi, > > I'm user TomViner and I'd like to add the London Python Dojo to > the LocalUserGroups page. > > Thanks, > Tom Looks like nobody picked this one up, sorry for the delay. Added now. ___ pydotorg-www

Re: [pydotorg-www] user group

2017-06-20 Thread Mats Wichmann
On 06/20/2017 06:09 AM, Barry Martin wrote: > Hi, > My name is Barry Martin. I started a python user group in New Jersey. We have > 20 members now. I signed up on the wiki but cannot edit the local user group > page https://wiki.python.org/moin/LocalUserGroups . Can I be granted rights > to

Re: [pydotorg-www] suggested edits to https://wiki.python.org/moin/IntegratingPythonWithOtherLanguages

2017-06-20 Thread Mats Wichmann
On 06/19/2017 08:00 PM, Francois BERENGER wrote: > Hello, > > Pycaml is no more maintained. > > Modern solutions are pyml or lymp. > > package: pyml > upstream-url: http://pyml.gforge.inria.fr/ > > package: lymp > upstream-url: https://github.com/dbousque/lymp/ > > Regards, > F. If you send

Re: [pydotorg-www] request edit home page on python wiki - anti-robot

2017-06-26 Thread Mats Wichmann
On 06/26/2017 04:51 PM, M.-A. Lemburg wrote: > On 27.06.2017 00:41, Fox wrote: >> I noticed how few edits were made in the last 90 day alone. How restrictive is your policy and does that negatively impact the quality (say the lamentable high number of dead links) of the wiki ?

Re: [pydotorg-www] user group

2017-06-20 Thread Mats Wichmann
On 06/20/2017 08:32 AM, Barry Martin wrote: > Hi Mats, > My wiki name is 'Barry Martin' hmmm, the instructions say: "using the format FirstnameLastname to avoid issues - please don't use spaces in the name" I'm not sure if that means a name with spaces won't work, or is just not preferred -

Re: [pydotorg-www] Link broken on Integration Page

2017-06-20 Thread Mats Wichmann
On 04/26/2017 07:36 AM, Christian Trenkwalder wrote: > Hi, > the link on the page > https://wiki.python.org/moin/IntegratingPythonWithOtherLanguages > to the project RSPython > Is pointing to http://www.omegahat.org/RSPython witch seems to be fraud, > I guess http://www.omegahat.net/RSPython/

Re: [pydotorg-www] user group

2017-06-20 Thread Mats Wichmann
On 06/20/2017 08:56 AM, Barry Martin wrote: > That's my clear stupidity, or lack of awareness. I apologize. I just created > a new login 'BarryMartin'. added. looking at the editors list, there are a number of others with spaces so we probably don't have that note in the right place, and it

Re: [pydotorg-www] Starting a new page with a question

2017-06-04 Thread Mats Wichmann
On 06/04/2017 10:09 AM, John Patrick wrote: > I am a newbie and want to ask a question about how to write a short python > script. I don't see how to create a new page for this. My username is > JohnPatrick. Thanks. If your objective is to ask a question and get some possible answers, you might

Re: [pydotorg-www] Perlego Python books

2017-09-05 Thread Mats Wichmann
On 09/05/2017 09:53 AM, Gauthier Van Malderen wrote: > Hi Mats, > > Awesome many thanks! My Wiki name is: Gauthier_Van_Malderen you should be good to go now. ___ pydotorg-www mailing list pydotorg-www@python.org

Re: [pydotorg-www] Python for number theory tutorials

2017-09-10 Thread Mats Wichmann
On 09/09/2017 12:21 PM, Martin Weissman wrote: > Dear Python Wiki administrators, > > I'm a mathematician at UC Santa Cruz, and I've just written a series of > Python tutorials oriented towards beginners who are pursuing number > theory. These are free, under a GPLv3 license. While they are

Re: [pydotorg-www] IDE wiki edit

2017-09-29 Thread Mats Wichmann
On 09/29/2017 06:38 AM, micah page wrote: > I request to be added to the EditorsGroup of the wiki. I am one of the > admins at python-forum.io and we link back to the following a lot and i > would like to add Sublime Text Editor to that list of IDE's. > >

Re: [pydotorg-www] Editing the "Python Training Events" page

2017-08-25 Thread Mats Wichmann
On 08/25/2017 03:22 AM, Austin Bingham wrote: > Hi, > > I'd like to edit (or have edited for me) the "Python Training Events" page. > My company is running a training course from Nov. 20-22 in Stavanger, > Norway: > > https://www.eventbrite.com/e/python-for-programmers-tickets-37300022371 > >

Re: [pydotorg-www] Python MoinMoin edits

2017-11-17 Thread Mats Wichmann
On 11/16/2017 10:30 PM, Andy Salnikov via pydotorg-www wrote: > Hi, I have discovered couple of broken links on TkInter page > (https://wiki.python.org/moin/TkInter) and wanted to update them. I just > created my account (AndySalnikov) but apparently I cannot edit anything > just yet. Could you

Re: [pydotorg-www] Permission to edit PythonBooks wiki page

2017-11-11 Thread Mats Wichmann
On 11/11/2017 07:28 AM, dibya wrote: > Hi, > > My name is Dibya and I created and maintain https://pythonbooks.org/. It > features a categorized and ranked list of Python books. The site is updated > every month to include newly published books and reflect new rankings. You > can see the

Re: [pydotorg-www] Need permission to edit buildbot pages on wiki

2017-11-10 Thread Mats Wichmann
On 11/10/2017 10:34 AM, Craig Rodrigues wrote: > Hi, > > My wiki account is CraigRodrigues > > I want to make the following modifications to the buildbot wiki pages as > specified here: > > https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-buildbots/2017-October/000161.html > > -- > Craig You should

Re: [pydotorg-www] Permission to edit PythonBooks wiki page

2017-11-12 Thread Mats Wichmann
On 11/12/2017 06:25 AM, dibya wrote: > Thanks for your response. The bestseller rank indeed means the Amazon > Bestseller Rank. I understand the reasons you mentioned about why this rank > might not be the perfect way to rank the books - and that public voting > might be better. However, I went

Re: [pydotorg-www] adding a free training

2017-11-04 Thread Mats Wichmann
On 11/04/17 02:02, Ali Abdolrazagh علی عبدالرزاق wrote: > I want to add a free python training that we called «introduction to > programming using python» > this open online course is with Persian language and there are more than > 5000 subscribers in this course for now. if you write back with

Re: [pydotorg-www] Edit access at the wiki

2018-05-20 Thread Mats Wichmann
On 05/20/2018 06:28 AM, Mario Corchero wrote: > Hello, > > I'd like to request edit access to the wiki as I'd like to present myself > as a board member candidate. > I've created an account with this email (marioc...@gmail.com) > > Thanks a lot, > Mario we need the wiki account name (that's not

Re: [pydotorg-www] [Webmaster] dead link

2018-05-20 Thread Mats Wichmann
On 05/20/2018 08:28 AM, u...@bok-groep.nl wrote: > On 20-05-18 14:47, Mats Wichmann wrote: >> On 05/20/2018 05:46 AM, u...@bok-groep.nl wrote: >>> Hello, here " >>> https://wiki.python.org/moin/Applications#Personal_Information_Managers &g

Re: [pydotorg-www] Access to the Wiki

2018-05-21 Thread Mats Wichmann
On 05/21/2018 09:14 AM, Tania Rebeca Sanchez Monroy wrote: > Hi > > I am writing to get access to the Wiki. I am interested in getting access > to https://wiki.python.org/moin/PythonSoftwareFoundation/BoardCandidates2018 > to > run for the board. > > > Best, > > > > Tania Allard (Sanchez

[pydotorg-www] what should we tell people having trouble with wiki / board submissions

2018-05-22 Thread Mats Wichmann
seems there are a couple of people it's being difficult to get going to add their candidacy, and at least one of them is nervous about the approaching submission deadline. do we have something we can tell these folks if the time gets even tighter? "try another WikiName"? small extension if

Re: [pydotorg-www] Editing permissions for IntegratedDevelopmentEnvironments for AndrewJanke

2018-05-27 Thread Mats Wichmann
On 05/26/2018 12:22 PM, Andrew Janke wrote: > Good to go. I was able to edit the page. Thanks! > > Andrew > Thanks for taking this on... someone motivated to pick a an IDE is the perfect candidate to update the tables. You even inspired me to make a few more changes! While we're here, there

Re: [pydotorg-www] Wiki editing request for account uranusjr

2017-10-19 Thread Mats Wichmann
On 10/18/2017 03:49 PM, Tzu-ping Chung wrote: > Hi, > > I would like to edit the information on the WindowsCompiler page[1]. > > I’ve been trying out toolchains listed on the page, and hit a problem at the > “Microsoft Visual C++ 10.0 standalone: Windows SDK 7.1 (x86, x64, ia64)” part. > > It

Re: [pydotorg-www] EditorsGroup

2017-10-23 Thread Mats Wichmann
On 10/23/2017 03:14 AM, Musa Abdulkareem wrote: > Hello, > > > > My User Name is MusaAbdulkareem, and I would like to add the following to > the Python Training page: > > > > ASComT offers training and consulting for Python in Nigeria and the rest of > Africa for small and large

Re: [pydotorg-www] Python Wiki EditorsGroup

2017-10-23 Thread Mats Wichmann
On 10/23/2017 11:06 AM, Sergey Sokolov wrote: > Greetings! > > I'd like to add our local Saint Petersburg Python User Group to the > LocalUserGroups page and also our forthcoming conference Piter Py to the > Conferences page. > My account name is SergeySokolov. You should be able to edit now.

Re: [pydotorg-www] Unable to answer and write a difficult program

2017-10-27 Thread Mats Wichmann
On 10/27/2017 08:04 AM, Shivangi Dalmia wrote: > The question is -Write a script that repeatedly asks the user to enter a > 'customization option' to be added to an order of sunglasses. When the user > enters nothing, the script should stop asking for new 'customization > options', and display

Re: [pydotorg-www] NCAEvent on March

2018-01-25 Thread Mats Wichmann
On 01/25/2018 04:19 PM, Roland Golla wrote: > Hello Python Team, > > we will do a live coding workshop on Münster Germany. There will be 4 > sessions with live coding and wireless keyboards. This is a really cool > format for very good know how transfer. We will do this for free. The 10,- > Euro

Re: [pydotorg-www] Would like to be able to edit my entry on the PythonConsulting, PythonTrainers and my name's page

2018-01-29 Thread Mats Wichmann
On 01/29/2018 09:01 AM, Vasudev Ram wrote: > Hello, > https://wiki.python.org/moin/VasudevRam ... > So I request you to add me to the EditorsGroup so that I can edit those > pages above that contain information about me, to correct the links. I have > mentioned the intended edits above. > >

Re: [pydotorg-www] Edit wiki pages

2018-02-15 Thread Mats Wichmann
On 02/15/2018 05:04 AM, Yennick Schepers wrote: > Dear > > Account name: yen > > I would like to edit: > https://wiki.python.org/moin/LocalUserGroups > > The page contains out of date information about: > - many Belgian meetups and mailing lists are out of date > - Add the PythonTrier meetup to

Re: [pydotorg-www] edit rights to https://wiki.python.org/moin/IntegratingPythonWithOtherLanguages

2018-03-06 Thread Mats Wichmann
On 03/06/2018 02:28 PM, wlavrij...@lbl.gov wrote: > Chris, > > thanks! > > For the articles mentioned in the list (about a third into the page > (1)), all > of them are ancient (newest from 2003), describing obsolete tech. One link > still works and I was able to find a live link for another.

Re: [pydotorg-www] please allow MichaelDeLaRue to edit wiki

2018-10-15 Thread Mats Wichmann
On 10/15/2018 11:15 AM, pywwwlst.md...@spamgourmet.com wrote: > Hi > > I have set up the account MichaelDeLaRue - I wanted to update the GNU > Privacy Guard page with more up to date information > > https://wiki.python.org/moin/GnuPrivacyGuard > > and possibly other pages as and when I see

Re: [pydotorg-www] [Webmaster] 504 when creating account on Wiki

2018-10-31 Thread Mats Wichmann
On 10/31/18 8:53 AM, Alex Garel wrote: >> I just tried from here and got the same timeout... the UbuntuOne page it >> pops to (I thought UbuntuOne was dead? or was it just some part of it?) >> is fine, but then you say okay, the browser status line says it's >> waiting for wiki.python.org, and

Re: [pydotorg-www] [Webmaster] 504 when creating account on Wiki

2018-10-31 Thread Mats Wichmann
On 10/31/18 3:02 AM, M.-A. Lemburg wrote: > On 31.10.2018 09:27, Alex Garel wrote: >> Le 30/10/2018 à 23:09, M.-A. Lemburg a écrit : >>> It's possible that OpenID using Launchpad stopped working. I believe >>> Google auth also doesn't work anymore. >>> >>> Perhaps we ought to remove the OpenID

Re: [pydotorg-www] Wiki Editing Permissions

2018-11-04 Thread Mats Wichmann
On 11/4/18 4:07 AM, David Beazley wrote: > Can I get editing permissions back for DavidBeazley? I'd like to edit some > of my entries for Python Training and such. > > Cheers, > Dave All set. Welcome (welcome back, I guess). ___ pydotorg-www

Re: [pydotorg-www] Permission to edit PythonDebuggingTools

2018-11-11 Thread Mats Wichmann
On 11/11/18 4:43 AM, Alex Hall wrote: > Hi, > > I'd like to edit https://wiki.python.org/moin/PythonDebuggingTools to add a > row birdseye (https://github.com/alexmojaki/birdseye) to the last table. My > wiki username is alexmojaki. > > Thanks, > Alex you should be good to go now.

Re: [pydotorg-www] Wiki Editing Permission Request

2018-10-10 Thread Mats Wichmann
On 10/09/2018 10:00 PM, Tsuneo Yoshioka wrote: > Hello > > I want to edit the list of Online Editors page below(Adding > paiza.IO/PaizaCloud). >https://wiki.python.org/moin/PythonEditors > > Cay you add me to allow to edit the page ? > > Thank you ! We can, but need to know your name on

Re: [pydotorg-www] Request to edit wiki page

2018-09-20 Thread Mats Wichmann
On 09/20/2018 12:48 PM, Giles Thomas wrote: > On 20/09/18 18:18, Mats Wichmann wrote: >> On 09/20/2018 09:22 AM, Giles Thomas wrote: >>> Hi there, >>> >>> I'd like to edit the FreeHosts and SpecializedCommercialHosts pages on >>> the python.org wiki in

Re: [pydotorg-www] Request to edit wiki page

2018-09-21 Thread Mats Wichmann
On 09/21/2018 08:20 AM, M.-A. Lemburg wrote: > On 21.09.2018 15:21, Mats Wichmann wrote: >> On 09/21/2018 05:37 AM, Giles Thomas wrote: >> >>>>>>> I'd like to edit the FreeHosts and SpecializedCommercialHosts pages on >>>>>>> t

Re: [pydotorg-www] Request to edit wiki page

2018-09-21 Thread Mats Wichmann
On 09/21/2018 07:49 AM, Giles Thomas wrote: > On 21/09/18 14:21, Mats Wichmann wrote: >> On 09/21/2018 05:37 AM, Giles Thomas wrote: >> >>>>>>> I'd like to edit the FreeHosts and SpecializedCommercialHosts >>>>>>> pages on >>&

Re: [pydotorg-www] Request to edit wiki page

2018-09-21 Thread Mats Wichmann
On 09/21/2018 05:37 AM, Giles Thomas wrote: > I'd like to edit the FreeHosts and SpecializedCommercialHosts pages on > the python.org wiki in order to update the Python versions > supported by > PythonAnywhere.   Could I get access in order to do that? > Thanks!  I was able to

Re: [pydotorg-www] Request to edit wiki page

2018-09-20 Thread Mats Wichmann
On 09/20/2018 09:22 AM, Giles Thomas wrote: > Hi there, > > I'd like to edit the FreeHosts and SpecializedCommercialHosts pages on > the python.org wiki in order to update the Python versions supported by > PythonAnywhere.   Could I get access in order to do that? > > > All the best, > > Giles

Re: [pydotorg-www] Request to edit wiki page

2018-09-21 Thread Mats Wichmann
On 09/21/2018 09:54 AM, Giles Thomas wrote: >> Gah, this area is a bit confused. >> >> So we have a page FreeHosts, a page NonCommercialHosting, a page >> OtherCommercialHosts, and a page SpecializedCommercialHosts. All of them >> end with a reference to PythonHosting, a page which does not

Re: [pydotorg-www] Logins on wiki.python.org don't seem to be working

2019-01-01 Thread Mats Wichmann
On 1/1/19 3:24 PM, Christer Enfors wrote: > I'm trying to login using Chrome on Linux, but I keep getting gateway > timeout messages. I think this is the email address to which one should > report such problems? Gott nytt år! The timeout seems to be occurring a lot. so we do "know about it", I'm

Re: [pydotorg-www] Edit Python Listing

2018-12-20 Thread Mats Wichmann
On 12/20/18 10:00 AM, Jody Nelson wrote: > Hello, > > > I am trying to edit our listing on: > > > https://wiki.python.org/moin/PythonTraining > > > We need to change our company name, as that has changed recently and the > duration of the python courses as well: If you tell us your wiki

Re: [pydotorg-www] need edit access

2018-12-21 Thread Mats Wichmann
On 12/21/18 5:50 AM, shu...@everdata.com wrote: > Hello, > > I have registered on the python wiki and need edit access on this following > username and email address. > > Username:- shubhivijay > > Email address:- shu...@everdata.com > > thanks you should be good to go now.

Re: [pydotorg-www] Pakt Publishing using wiki for SEO

2019-01-02 Thread Mats Wichmann
On 1/2/19 3:50 AM, Steve Holden wrote: > I'd agree this is abuse. We should revert the content to include the > deleted links, and stop these automated updates. > > regards > Steve Holden > > > On Wed, Jan 2, 2019 at 10:22 AM M.-A. Lemburg wrote: > >> I don't know if you are aware, but Pakt

Re: [pydotorg-www] Want to be added to the editors group

2019-01-26 Thread Mats Wichmann
On 1/26/19 1:08 AM, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Sat, Jan 26, 2019 at 7:02 PM letsfindcourse > wrote: >> >> Hello >> >> I want to edit the page but I am unable to edit that. So can you please >> allow me to edit the page. >> My wiki name : letsfindcourse >> >> Thank you >> Letsfindcourse > >

Re: [pydotorg-www] Edition request for the WebFrameworks wiki

2019-02-10 Thread Mats Wichmann
On 2/10/19 4:01 PM, Florimond Manca wrote: > I just made the change, thanks! > > I was wondering — how relevant would it be to create a separate section for > asynchronous frameworks? > > There is actually quite a few of them. Some are in the list already (Quart, > Sanic, and now Bocadillo)

Re: [pydotorg-www] website: something is weird

2019-06-02 Thread Mats Wichmann
On 6/2/19 5:00 PM, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Mon, Jun 3, 2019 at 8:51 AM Mats Wichmann wrote: >> >> >> I look at the downloads page a lot as one of the volunteers on the >> "webmaster" alias people ask questions about downloads all the time >> (yes, w

[pydotorg-www] website: something is weird

2019-06-02 Thread Mats Wichmann
I look at the downloads page a lot as one of the volunteers on the "webmaster" alias people ask questions about downloads all the time (yes, we have an auto-response that points to more official resources, but we try to be nice as well :) Just now, something has gone strange. I get a garbled

Re: [pydotorg-www] website: something is weird

2019-06-03 Thread Mats Wichmann
On 6/2/19 5:15 PM, Mats Wichmann wrote: > On 6/2/19 5:00 PM, Chris Angelico wrote: >> On Mon, Jun 3, 2019 at 8:51 AM Mats Wichmann wrote: ... >>> Just now, something has gone strange. I get a garbled page which is >>> headed by this: >>> >>&

Re: [pydotorg-www] python2 EoL wiki "Python2orPython3"

2019-05-21 Thread Mats Wichmann
On 5/21/19 4:00 PM, Steve Holden wrote: > My own personal preference would be to wave a respectful goodbye to 2.7 > from the (Python core) developer community, with encouragement to all > who aspire to the open source ethic to continue to breathe life into > those bits that remain useful.

Re: [pydotorg-www] [Webmaster] About translation

2019-05-06 Thread Mats Wichmann
On 5/6/19 7:06 AM, The FLOSS Information wrote: > I have a GitHub account, but is CC0 used for English translations? Also, > where can I find files with the ".po" extension? people on those mailing lists should be able to help. >   > 06.05.2019, 00:06, "Mats Wichmann

Re: [pydotorg-www] [Webmaster] About translation

2019-05-05 Thread Mats Wichmann
On 5/5/19 1:38 PM, Steve Holden wrote: > The PSF has a documentation group who will, I am sure, be delighted to > welcome you into the community and help you make plans for your translation. > > I'm not actually sure whether you'd be better talking to doc-sig >

Re: [pydotorg-www] Code of Conduct for wiki usage?

2019-05-04 Thread Mats Wichmann
> For the CoC issue, and if it does or does not violate the CoC, I think you > should fire this off to p...@python.org. This is where I don't like > intentionally vague guidelines. Yes, they stop schoolkid rule lawyering, > but it does mean we depend on adjudicators quite a bit. There's never

Re: [pydotorg-www] issues logging in to wiki.python.org (server timeout)

2019-07-11 Thread Mats Wichmann
On 7/11/19 8:13 AM, Matt Callaghan wrote: > anyone else having login issues to wiki.python.org? It's a known issue for a considerable while now. Mitigating it requires some infrastructure work that I'm not sure is scheduled. Unfortunately the only advice we can give at this point is "keep

Re: [pydotorg-www] Python Wiki Editing Request- Developer from Washington DC

2019-07-08 Thread Mats Wichmann
On 7/8/19 6:34 AM, matt_z...@myhsts.org wrote: > Good Morning Steve, > > When I go to the below page, it says immutable page and I can not edit it. > https://wiki.python.org/moin/BeginnersGuide/NonProgrammers > > Can you give me access to edit this page? Also, can I create a profile > page on

[pydotorg-www] Followup: Re: [Webmaster] Offensive content on page

2019-07-07 Thread Mats Wichmann
On 7/3/19 6:14 AM, Tara Hamilton wrote: > Good Afternoon! > > I’ve just been looking at your website and I came across this webpage: > https://wiki.python.org/moin/AppsWithPythonScripting > > Unfortunately, when I click the link ‘c/c++ user journal,’ it redirects > me to a payday loan site. > >

Re: [pydotorg-www] Python Wiki Editing Request- Developer from Washington DC

2019-07-08 Thread Mats Wichmann
On 7/8/19 12:04 PM, matt_z...@myhsts.org wrote: > I got lost. Nothing works. Pls verify my info > > Name: MattZand > password: xyz > OpenID: hsts > > email: mahdi...@gmail.com best I can see, the name in the editors list is "hsts". It apparently should be "MattZand", but that name is not in

Re: [pydotorg-www] Edit Python wiki - to change moin/SimplePrograms to compile on Python 3

2019-09-13 Thread Mats Wichmann
On 9/12/19 6:32 PM, Tadeu Borges Abreu Sampaio wrote: > It is  > tadeubas > > Em Qui, 12 de set de 2019 20:48, Mats Wichmann <mailto:m...@wichmann.us>> escreveu: > > On 9/12/19 5:28 PM, Tadeu Borges Abreu Sampaio wrote: > > Hi, I am new to the Python co

Re: [pydotorg-www] Edit Python wiki - to change moin/SimplePrograms to compile on Python 3

2019-09-12 Thread Mats Wichmann
On 9/12/19 5:28 PM, Tadeu Borges Abreu Sampaio wrote: > Hi, I am new to the Python community and I am coding in Python 3, > > I am testing all of the codes on *SimplePrograms* page with Python 3, > there is minor changes that need to be done in order to the code to > compile. I could do that job!

Re: [pydotorg-www] Editing the Python Web Hosting pages

2019-07-23 Thread Mats Wichmann
On 7/23/19 6:15 AM, stanimir wrote: > Hi, > > Silly me - my username is StanimirDjevelekov. > > I am thinking of alphabetical order, as both standard and fair for all > the listed companies/providers - the only other option I can think of is > the entries' last date of modification, but I don't

Re: [pydotorg-www] issues logging in to wiki.python.org (server timeout)

2019-07-18 Thread Mats Wichmann
On 7/18/19 7:58 AM, Matt Callaghan wrote: > Hm. OK. I've never once been able to login. I wonder if there are > certain times of days or something that are broken and coincidentally > I'm always trying during peak load? Are you trying the regular wiki login, or one of the linked services

Re: [pydotorg-www] Improve documentation

2019-11-02 Thread Mats Wichmann
On 11/1/19 2:51 PM, אייל טרבלסי wrote: Hi, I recently stumbled upon https://wiki.python.org/moin/TimeComplexity and think it really lack the performance of the collections modules I created a medium article here and would love to update the docs as well "here" - was there supposed to be a

[pydotorg-www] wiki: WebFrameworks

2019-10-30 Thread Mats Wichmann
This page is a little funky: https://wiki.python.org/moin/WebFrameworks It's divided into multiple sections: Popular Full-Stack Other Full-Stack Popular Non Full-Stack Other Non Full-Stack Discontinued/Inactive the first section is a table the second section starts as a table, then has more

Re: [pydotorg-www] Performance Tips: outdated

2019-11-18 Thread Mats Wichmann
On 11/18/19 6:51 AM, Thomas Güttler wrote: Hi, this page is very outdated. It contains notes about Python 2.2 and Python 2.4. It would be very kind if this page could get updated: https://wiki.python.org/moin/PythonSpeed/PerformanceTips#Profiling_Code there's some contract work going on

Re: [pydotorg-www] Performance Tips: outdated

2019-11-18 Thread Mats Wichmann
On 11/18/19 7:46 AM, Thomas Güttler wrote: Hi Mats, I maintain the wiki in our company since more than ten years. Wikis are great for creating and adding text. BUT: Who is responsible for deleting text? Most people dare to add something. But removing stuff gets avoided. I don't dare to remove

Re: [pydotorg-www] Trouble logging in to add Python Training event info to https://wiki.python.org/moin/PythonTraining/Events

2019-12-03 Thread Mats Wichmann
On 12/3/19 5:30 AM, Tom Walker wrote: Hi there, We would love to be able to update our listing on https://wiki.python.org/moin/PythonTraining/ and also add event data to https://wiki.python.org/moin/PythonTraining/Events I’m not sure if our login details have expired but every time I’ve

[pydotorg-www] Fwd: [Webmaster] Spam on python.org/users/Annabelle-2-2017-watch-online/

2019-10-27 Thread Mats Wichmann
although the referenced page doesn't have live links, it's still dodgy... not sure who can address such - anyone? Forwarded Message Subject: [Webmaster] Spam on python.org/users/Annabelle-2-2017-watch-online/ Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2019 18:04:55 +0100 From: Ralf Hildebrandt via

Re: [pydotorg-www] Wiki edits for Python 2 sunset

2019-10-17 Thread Mats Wichmann
On 10/17/19 9:32 AM, Greg Hendershott wrote: Hi. I am working for Changeset Consulting who is helping the PSF with the Python 2 "sunset". One task is to audit and update the wiki. Would it be possible to add the following accounts to EditorsGroup, please? FrancesHocutt

Re: [pydotorg-www] Editing the Python Web Hosting pages

2019-09-24 Thread Mats Wichmann
On 9/24/19 2:29 PM, stanimir wrote: Thank you, and I will add the note as advised - however, I am still unable to edit the pages in question. I just replied to Steve Holden about the same, but forgot to hit the Reply All. try it now - I just added your wiki name.

[pydotorg-www] there's no age gate on downloading, right?

2019-10-04 Thread Mats Wichmann
someone from Microsoft is asking (by mailing webmaster) this because of a project he's putting together for kids, and wants to be sure what he writes up will actually work. I've never heard of there being anything that would check, or any reason to check for that matter, but he seems eager

Re: [pydotorg-www] Hyper link to pytest is not valid in PythonTestingToolsTaxonomy page

2019-12-18 Thread Mats Wichmann
On 12/18/19 5:52 AM, Madisetty, Harish via pydotorg-www wrote: Hi Team, I found the hyperlink to the pytest in Unit Testing Tools is not valid anymore(https://wiki.python.org/moin/PythonTestingToolsTaxonomy#Unit_Testing_Tools) Please update the hyperlink to http://pytest.org/en/latest/

Re: [pydotorg-www] Zyro is an organization using Python

2020-03-06 Thread Mats Wichmann
rce that. So will just leave the suggestion at: "be nice!". (grin). > > On Thu, Mar 5, 2020 at 6:25 PM Mats Wichmann <mailto:m...@wichmann.us>> wrote: > > On 3/5/20 8:35 AM, Simonas Steponaitis via pydotorg-www wrote: > > Hello, > > > >

Re: [pydotorg-www] Editing IntroductoryBooks page

2020-01-29 Thread Mats Wichmann
On 1/29/20 10:57 AM, daniël bosold wrote: > Hey Mats, > > my wikiname is RagnarVanDerWiel (it's a new account). I want to edit a > couple of pages because, well, like you said, the introductory page is > full of courses and old books. I'm happy to fix that - as well as make > a courses/videos

Re: [pydotorg-www] Editing IntroductoryBooks page

2020-01-29 Thread Mats Wichmann
On 1/29/20 7:36 AM, daniël bosold wrote: > I was just reading the wiki looking for some recommended introductory > books on the IntroductoryBooks page and noticed that most of the > entries there are Video courses. While, interesting, it's not what > this page is about. Hoping to edit this page

Re: [pydotorg-www] Issues with wiki authentication

2020-01-16 Thread Mats Wichmann
On 1/16/20 9:39 AM, Henry Harutyunyan wrote: Hi there. I'm having problems with logging in and signing up in the wiki.python.org. I've encountered the problem yesterday so I don't think that the issue is temporal and it probably needs your attention. I get timeout error. I want to open an

Re: [pydotorg-www] Zyro is an organization using Python

2020-03-05 Thread Mats Wichmann
On 3/5/20 8:35 AM, Simonas Steponaitis via pydotorg-www wrote: > Hello, > > Our company has recently launched a new AI-powered website builder Zyro > . And, of course, it uses Python. > > I would like to know if it's possible to get featured on this page > - 

Re: [pydotorg-www] Bug multiprocessing.Process Python 3.8.2 Shell

2020-04-11 Thread Mats Wichmann
On 4/11/20 4:37 AM, Gerhard Tröster wrote: > the Python Shell 3.8.2 (both the 32 and 64 Bit version) does not execute > the multiprocessing.Process  instruction, and outputs > > = RESTART: > C:\Users\gerhartr\Desktop\Python\Concurrent\Multiprocessing\python1.py > Done! > > Using the cmd

Re: [pydotorg-www] Editing of the PythonTestingToolsTaxonomy page

2020-04-16 Thread Mats Wichmann
On 4/16/20 4:00 PM, Plamen Dimitrov wrote: > Hi, > > I would like to edit the page on: > > https://wiki.python.org/moin/PythonTestingToolsTaxonomy#GUI_Testing_Tools > > regarding addition of some new GUI testing tools. After checking the front > page I was redirected to to write an email to

[pydotorg-www] reporting website issues

2020-04-21 Thread Mats Wichmann
Sorry, I've lost track over time. Where should people report problems / requests with Python website content (not wiki content)? These come periodically to webmaster, which is actually in some way logical, but oddly (to outsiders) we don't actually do that. The issue tracker for the

Re: [pydotorg-www] Wiki Edit

2020-04-26 Thread Mats Wichmann
On 4/23/20 11:30 AM, Brian Schilling wrote: > Python Team, > > The https://wiki.python.org/moin/BeginnersGuide/Programmers page > includes the following MIT course from 2008: > MIT's 6.00 Introduction to Computer Science and Programming >

Re: [pydotorg-www] Help

2020-05-12 Thread Mats Wichmann
On 5/12/20 1:54 PM, Haleigh Japp wrote: > Hi, > >   > > I just installed Python 3.7.5 onto my PC and I keep getting an ‘encoding > module not found’ error. I put the Python.exe location onto my path but > the error keeps happening. I uninstalled Python then re-installed it, > but the same error

Re: [pydotorg-www] Bogus wiki.python.org attachment on BeginnersGuide

2020-03-20 Thread Mats Wichmann
On 3/20/20 11:41 AM, M.-A. Lemburg wrote: >> It looks like someone might be trying out a breakin? > When hovering over "111" in the info page you get this information: > > This suggests that someone without login (but the given IP address) is > accessing the page. The IP address maps to Beijing,

Re: [pydotorg-www] Bogus wiki.python.org attachment on BeginnersGuide

2020-03-20 Thread Mats Wichmann
On 3/20/20 11:17 AM, Skip Montanaro wrote: > I no longer have access to my old wiki.python.org account but got a > bounce message (via postmaster) today which related to an attachment > added to the BeginnersGuide page: > > https://wiki.python.org/moin/BeginnersGuide > > The page history shows a

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