I am against strictly enforced rules, altough generally I think PEP8  a good think and I committed some PEP8 changes, too. Xqt is the main agent here.

However, sometimes breking the rules helps maintain readability, and breaking the rules when it is neccessary is one of Wikipedia's main rules. :-)
An example for long lines: URL in comment where the problem or solution is explained.

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