request fails on wikipedia (https) - certificate verify failed (Posting On Python-List Prohibited)

[Jon Ribbens]

On 2017-12-13, Lawrence D’Oliveiro <lawrencedo99 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wednesday, December 13, 2017 at 10:17:15 AM UTC+13, Jon Ribbens wrote:
>> Try `pip install certifi`
>
> It really is preferable to install standard distro packages where available, rather than resort to pip:
>
>     sudo apt-get install python3-certifi

No, it really really isn't.