So this is what it says when I run a verbose debug (I have absolutely no idea what it means):

c:\pywikibot>python pwb.py login -debug -v
Pywikibot r6404b195a6930fc7a2890ccd3190d252b58c3a03
Python 3.6.3 (v3.6.3:2c5fed8, Oct  3 2017, 17:26:49) [MSC v.1900 32 bit (Intel)]
Found 2 stowiki:en processes running, including this one.
ERROR: Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\Sheryl\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\site-packages\urllib3\connection.py", line 141, in _new_conn
    (self.host, self.port), self.timeout, **extra_kw)
  File "C:\Users\Sheryl\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\site-packages\urllib3\util\connection.py", line 60, in create_connection
    for res in socket.getaddrinfo(host, port, family, socket.SOCK_STREAM):
  File "C:\Users\Sheryl\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\socket.py", line 745, in getaddrinfo
    for res in _socket.getaddrinfo(host, port, family, type, proto, flags):
socket.gaierror: [Errno 11001] getaddrinfo failed

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\Sheryl\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\site-packages\urllib3\connectionpool.py", line 601, in urlopen
    chunked=chunked)
  File "C:\Users\Sheryl\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\site-packages\urllib3\connectionpool.py", line 346, in _make_request
    self._validate_conn(conn)
  File "C:\Users\Sheryl\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\site-packages\urllib3\connectionpool.py", line 850, in _validate_conn
    conn.connect()
  File "C:\Users\Sheryl\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\site-packages\urllib3\connection.py", line 284, in connect
    conn = self._new_conn()
  File "C:\Users\Sheryl\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\site-packages\urllib3\connection.py", line 150, in _new_conn
    self, "Failed to establish a new connection: %s" % e)
urllib3.exceptions.NewConnectionError: <urllib3.connection.VerifiedHTTPSConnection object at 0x048A3DF0>: Failed to establish a new connection: [Errno 11001] getaddrinfo failed

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\Sheryl\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\site-packages\requests\adapters.py", line 440, in send
    timeout=timeout
  File "C:\Users\Sheryl\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\site-packages\urllib3\connectionpool.py", line 639, in urlopen
    _stacktrace=sys.exc_info()[2])
  File "C:\Users\Sheryl\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\site-packages\urllib3\util\retry.py", line 388, in increment
    raise MaxRetryError(_pool, url, error or ResponseError(cause))
urllib3.exceptions.MaxRetryError: HTTPSConnectionPool(host='api.php', port=443): Max retries exceeded with url: /?action=query&meta=siteinfo%7Cuserinfo&siprop=namespaces%7Cnamespacealiases%7Cgeneral&continue=&uiprop=blockinfo%7Chasmsg&maxlag=5&format=json (Caused by NewConnectionError('<urllib3.connection.VerifiedHTTPSConnection object at 0x048A3DF0>: Failed to establish a new connection: [Errno 11001] getaddrinfo failed',))

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "c:\pywikibot\pywikibot\data\api.py", line 1952, in submit
    body=body, headers=headers)
  File "c:\pywikibot\pywikibot\tools\__init__.py", line 1474, in wrapper
    return obj(*__args, **__kw)
  File "c:\pywikibot\pywikibot\comms\http.py", line 322, in request
    r = fetch(baseuri, method, params, body, headers, **kwargs)
  File "c:\pywikibot\pywikibot\comms\http.py", line 511, in fetch
    error_handling_callback(request)
  File "c:\pywikibot\pywikibot\comms\http.py", line 398, in error_handling_callback
    raise request.data
  File "c:\pywikibot\pywikibot\comms\http.py", line 377, in _http_process
    verify=not ignore_validation)
  File "C:\Users\Sheryl\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\site-packages\requests\sessions.py", line 508, in request
    resp = self.send(prep, **send_kwargs)
  File "C:\Users\Sheryl\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\site-packages\requests\sessions.py", line 618, in send
    r = adapter.send(request, **kwargs)
  File "C:\Users\Sheryl\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\site-packages\requests\adapters.py", line 508, in send
    raise ConnectionError(e, request=request)
requests.exceptions.ConnectionError: HTTPSConnectionPool(host='api.php', port=443): Max retries exceeded with url: /?action=query&meta=siteinfo%7Cuserinfo&siprop=namespaces%7Cnamespacealiases%7Cgeneral&continue=&uiprop=blockinfo%7Chasmsg&maxlag=5&format=json (Caused by NewConnectionError('<urllib3.connection.VerifiedHTTPSConnection object at 0x048A3DF0>: Failed to establish a new connection: [Errno 11001] getaddrinfo failed',))

//api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo%7Cuserinfo&siprop=namespaces%7Cnamespacealiases%7Cgeneral&continue=&uiprop=blockinfo%7Chasmsg&maxlag=5&format=json, action=query&meta=siteinfo%7Cuserinfo&siprop=namespaces%7Cnamespacealiases%7Cgeneral&continue=&uiprop=blockinfo%7Chasmsg&maxlag=5&format=json
WARNING: Waiting 5 seconds before retrying.