Fixed #26483 -- Updated docs.python.org links to use Intersphinx.

docs/ref/contrib/index.txt

@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 ``contrib`` packages
 ====================
 
-Django aims to follow Python's `"batteries included" philosophy`_. It ships
-with a variety of extra, optional tools that solve common Web-development
-problems.
+Django aims to follow Python's :ref:`"batteries included" philosophy
+<tut-batteries-included>`. It ships with a variety of extra, optional tools
+that solve common Web-development problems.
 
 This code lives in ``django/contrib`` in the Django distribution. This document
 gives a rundown of the packages in ``contrib``, along with any dependencies
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ those packages have.
     ``'django.contrib.redirects'``) to your :setting:`INSTALLED_APPS` setting
     and re-run ``manage.py migrate``.
 
-.. _"batteries included" philosophy: https://docs.python.org/tutorial/stdlib.html#batteries-included
-
 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 1
 

docs/ref/models/instances.txt

@@ -599,8 +599,8 @@ Other model instance methods
 
 A few object methods have special purposes.
 
-``__str__``
------------
+``__str__()``
+-------------
 
 .. method:: Model.__str__()
 
@@ -626,8 +626,8 @@ For example::
 If you'd like compatibility with Python 2, you can decorate your model class
 with :func:`~django.utils.encoding.python_2_unicode_compatible` as shown above.
 
-``__eq__``
-----------
+``__eq__()``
+------------
 
 .. method:: Model.__eq__()
 
@@ -655,22 +655,20 @@ For example::
     MyModel(id=1) != MultitableInherited(id=1)
     MyModel(id=1) != MyModel(id=2)
 
-``__hash__``
-------------
+``__hash__()``
+--------------
 
 .. method:: Model.__hash__()
 
-The ``__hash__`` method is based on the instance's primary key value. It
-is effectively hash(obj.pk). If the instance doesn't have a primary key
-value then a ``TypeError`` will be raised (otherwise the ``__hash__``
+The ``__hash__()`` method is based on the instance's primary key value. It
+is effectively ``hash(obj.pk)``. If the instance doesn't have a primary key
+value then a ``TypeError`` will be raised (otherwise the ``__hash__()``
 method would return different values before and after the instance is
-saved, but changing the ``__hash__`` value of an instance `is forbidden
-in Python`_).
+saved, but changing the :meth:`~object.__hash__` value of an instance is
+forbidden in Python.
 
-.. _is forbidden in Python: https://docs.python.org/reference/datamodel.html#object.__hash__
-
-``get_absolute_url``
---------------------
+``get_absolute_url()``
+----------------------
 
 .. method:: Model.get_absolute_url()
 

docs/ref/settings.txt

@@ -924,16 +924,15 @@ Default::
 
 A list of formats that will be accepted when inputting data on a date field.
 Formats will be tried in order, using the first valid one. Note that these
-format strings use Python's datetime_ module syntax, not the format strings
-from the ``date`` Django template tag.
+format strings use Python's :ref:`datetime module syntax
+<strftime-strptime-behavior>`, not the format strings from the :tfilter:`date`
+template filter.
 
 When :setting:`USE_L10N` is ``True``, the locale-dictated format has higher
 precedence and will be applied instead.
 
 See also :setting:`DATETIME_INPUT_FORMATS` and :setting:`TIME_INPUT_FORMATS`.
 
-.. _datetime: https://docs.python.org/library/datetime.html#strftime-strptime-behavior
-
 .. setting:: DATETIME_FORMAT
 
 ``DATETIME_FORMAT``
@@ -972,16 +971,15 @@ Default::
 
 A list of formats that will be accepted when inputting data on a datetime
 field. Formats will be tried in order, using the first valid one. Note that
-these format strings use Python's datetime_ module syntax, not the format
-strings from the ``date`` Django template tag.
+these format strings use Python's :ref:`datetime module syntax
+<strftime-strptime-behavior>`, not the format strings from the :tfilter:`date`
+template filter.
 
 When :setting:`USE_L10N` is ``True``, the locale-dictated format has higher
 precedence and will be applied instead.
 
 See also :setting:`DATE_INPUT_FORMATS` and :setting:`TIME_INPUT_FORMATS`.
 
-.. _datetime: https://docs.python.org/library/datetime.html#strftime-strptime-behavior
-
 .. setting:: DEBUG
 
 ``DEBUG``
@@ -1730,14 +1728,12 @@ __ https://github.com/django/django/blob/master/django/utils/log.py
 Default: ``'logging.config.dictConfig'``
 
 A path to a callable that will be used to configure logging in the
-Django project. Points at a instance of Python's `dictConfig`_
-configuration method by default.
+Django project. Points at a instance of Python's :ref:`dictConfig
+<logging-config-dictschema>` configuration method by default.
 
 If you set :setting:`LOGGING_CONFIG` to ``None``, the logging
 configuration process will be skipped.
 
-.. _dictConfig: https://docs.python.org/library/logging.config.html#configuration-dictionary-schema
-
 .. setting:: MANAGERS
 
 ``MANAGERS``
@@ -2368,16 +2364,15 @@ Default::
 
 A list of formats that will be accepted when inputting data on a time field.
 Formats will be tried in order, using the first valid one. Note that these
-format strings use Python's datetime_ module syntax, not the format strings
-from the ``date`` Django template tag.
+format strings use Python's :ref:`datetime module syntax
+<strftime-strptime-behavior>`, not the format strings from the :tfilter:`date`
+template filter.
 
 When :setting:`USE_L10N` is ``True``, the locale-dictated format has higher
 precedence and will be applied instead.
 
 See also :setting:`DATE_INPUT_FORMATS` and :setting:`DATETIME_INPUT_FORMATS`.
 
-.. _datetime: https://docs.python.org/library/datetime.html#strftime-strptime-behavior
-
 .. setting:: TIME_ZONE
 
 ``TIME_ZONE``

docs/ref/templates/builtins.txt

@@ -2044,11 +2044,8 @@ If ``value`` is ``"Joel is a slug"``, the output will be ``"joel-is-a-slug"``.
 ----------------
 
 Formats the variable according to the argument, a string formatting specifier.
-This specifier uses Python string formatting syntax, with the exception that
-the leading "%" is dropped.
-
-See https://docs.python.org/library/stdtypes.html#string-formatting-operations
-for documentation of Python string formatting
+This specifier uses the :ref:`old-string-formatting` syntax, with the exception
+that the leading "%" is dropped.
 
 For example::
 

docs/ref/utils.txt

@@ -618,14 +618,14 @@ escaping HTML.
 
 .. function:: format_html(format_string, *args, **kwargs)
 
-    This is similar to `str.format`_, except that it is appropriate for
+    This is similar to :meth:`str.format`, except that it is appropriate for
     building up HTML fragments. All args and kwargs are passed through
-    :func:`conditional_escape` before being passed to ``str.format``.
+    :func:`conditional_escape` before being passed to ``str.format()``.
 
     For the case of building up small HTML fragments, this function is to be
-    preferred over string interpolation using ``%`` or ``str.format`` directly,
-    because it applies escaping to all arguments - just like the Template system
-    applies escaping by default.
+    preferred over string interpolation using ``%`` or ``str.format()``
+    directly, because it applies escaping to all arguments - just like the
+    template system applies escaping by default.
 
     So, instead of writing::
 
@@ -642,14 +642,12 @@ escaping HTML.
     This has the advantage that you don't need to apply :func:`escape` to each
     argument and risk a bug and an XSS vulnerability if you forget one.
 
-    Note that although this function uses ``str.format`` to do the
-    interpolation, some of the formatting options provided by `str.format`_
+    Note that although this function uses ``str.format()`` to do the
+    interpolation, some of the formatting options provided by ``str.format()``
     (e.g. number formatting) will not work, since all arguments are passed
     through :func:`conditional_escape` which (ultimately) calls
     :func:`~django.utils.encoding.force_text` on the values.
 
-    .. _str.format: https://docs.python.org/library/stdtypes.html#str.format
-
 .. function:: format_html_join(sep, format_string, args_generator)
 
     A wrapper of :func:`format_html`, for the common case of a group of