maneesha

For instructor training checkout, we note one way to "Get Involved" is to [Contribute to the construction or maintenance of Carpentries materials](https://carpentries.github.io/instructor-training/checkout.html#contribute-to-the-construction-or-maintenance-of-carpentries-materials). In that section, we note "Your contribution does...

Update Python version

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The [instructions say to use Python >= 3.9](https://carpentries.github.io/workshop-template/#python-1). However, [version 3.9 hit EOL on 2025-10-31](https://devguide.python.org/versions/). Should we say >= 3.10? Should we recommend the newest version whenever possible?

We should add a field for Mastodon to the Person model. This should be a `URLField`.

### What is the problem? In the list of [Getting help](https://librarycarpentry.github.io/lc-open-refine/#getting-help) resources the link to [Free your metadata website](https://freeyourmetadata.org/) goes to a page with no content. ### Location of problem...