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[CONTRIBUTING & README]: Added Admonition for not Accepting Community Contributions #3866

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70 changes: 29 additions & 41 deletions CONTRIBUTING.md
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<p vertical-align="middle"><h1>Contributing</h1></p>

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[![Discourse topics](https://img.shields.io/discourse/topics?color=8A08E6&label=Connect%20&labelColor=FFDF58&logo=Discourse&logoColor=8A08E6&server=https%3A%2F%2Fforum.exercism.org&style=social)](https://forum.exercism.org)
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---
---

### We are not accepting community contributions at this time.
> [!IMPORTANT]
> <h3><mark><b>We are not accepting community contributions at this time.</b></mark></h3>
> <table>
> <tr>
> <img align="left" width="95" height="95" src="https://github.com/exercism/website-icons/blob/main/exercises/health-statistics.svg">
>
> 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, <mark><b>please open a [thread on the forum](https://forum.exercism.org/).</b></mark>
>
> This [community blog post](https://exercism.org/blog/freeing-our-maintainers) contains more details.
>
> </tr>
> </table>

<table>
<tr>
<img align="left" width="90" height="85" src="https://github.com/exercism/website-icons/blob/main/exercises/health-statistics.svg">

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.

</tr>
</table>

---
---

<br>

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**`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.

🌟 &nbsp;&nbsp;Track exercises support Python `3.7` - `3.11.2`.
🌟 &nbsp;&nbsp;Track exercises support Python `3.7` - `3.11.5`.
Exceptions to this support are noted where they occur.
🌟 &nbsp;&nbsp;Track tooling (_test-runner, representer, analyzer, and Continuous Integration_) runs on Python `3.11.2`.

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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 (&nbsp;💙 &nbsp;), 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 (&nbsp;💙&nbsp;).

_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 <mark>[**open a thread in our community forum**](https://forum.exercism.org)</mark> to let us know what you have found/suggest.

<br>

## 🚧 **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.
<mark><b>Our maintainers are not accepting community contributions at this time.</b></mark>
<br>
Until the pause on contributions ends, all PRs from the larger community will be **automatically closed** with a note.
We ask that you <mark>[**open a thread in our community forum**](https://forum.exercism.org)</mark> 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.
<br>

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.

<br>
<details>
<summary><b>Python Track Contributing Docs</b></summary>
<br>
<img align="left" width="80" height="75" src="https://github.com/exercism/website-icons/blob/main/exercises/hello-world.svg">
<p vertical-align="middle"><h2 id="in-general">In General</h2></p>
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configlet generate <path/to/track> --spec-path path/to/problem/specifications
```


<br>
</details>


[.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
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[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
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<br>

Hi. &nbsp;👋🏽 &nbsp;👋 &nbsp;**We are happy you are here.**&nbsp; 🎉&nbsp;🌟
> [!IMPORTANT]
> <h3><mark><b>We are not accepting community contributions at this time.</b></mark></h3>
> <table>
> <tr>
> <img align="left" width="95" height="95" src="https://github.com/exercism/website-icons/blob/main/exercises/health-statistics.svg">
>
> 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, <mark><b>please open a [thread on the forum](https://forum.exercism.org/).</b></mark>
>
> This [community blog post](https://exercism.org/blog/freeing-our-maintainers) contains more details.
>
> </tr>
> </table>

<br>

Hi. &nbsp;👋🏽 &nbsp;👋 &nbsp;**We are happy you are here.**&nbsp; 🎉&nbsp;🌟

<br><br>

**`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.

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<br>
<img align="left" width="90" height="85" src="https://github.com/exercism/website-icons/blob/main/exercises/health-statistics.svg">

We&nbsp;💛&nbsp;💙 &nbsp; our community.
**`But our maintainers are not accepting community contributions at this time.`**
We&nbsp;💛&nbsp;💙 our community.
<mark>**But our maintainers are not accepting community contributions at this time.**</mark>
Please read this [community blog post][freeing-maintainers] for details.

<br>
<img align="left" width="95" height="90" src="https://github.com/exercism/website-icons/blob/main/exercises/boutique-suggestions.svg">

Here to suggest a new feature or new exercise?? **Hooray!** &nbsp;🎉 &nbsp;
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._

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## 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].

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[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
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