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@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ This project brings support for ESP8266 chip to the Arduino environment. It lets
 
 ESP8266 Arduino core comes with libraries to communicate over WiFi using TCP and UDP, set up HTTP, mDNS, SSDP, and DNS servers, do OTA updates, use a file system in flash memory, work with SD cards, servos, SPI and I2C peripherals.
 
-A large community is well established for questions and answers about Arduino for ESP8266 [ESP8266 Community Forum](http://www.esp8266.com/u/arduinoanswers)
-
 # Contents
 - Installing options:
   - [Using Boards Manager](#installing-with-boards-manager)
@@ -18,30 +16,24 @@ A large community is well established for questions and answers about Arduino fo
 - [Contributing](#contributing)  
 - [License and credits](#license-and-credits)   
 
-### Installing with Boards Manager ###
+### Installing with Boards Manager
 
 Starting with 1.6.4, Arduino allows installation of third-party platform packages using Boards Manager. We have packages available for Windows, Mac OS, and Linux (32 and 64 bit).
 
-- Install Arduino 1.6.8 from the [Arduino website](http://www.arduino.cc/en/main/software).
+- Install Arduino 1.8.2 from the [Arduino website](http://www.arduino.cc/en/main/software).
 - Start Arduino and open Preferences window.
 - Enter ```http://arduino.esp8266.com/stable/package_esp8266com_index.json``` into *Additional Board Manager URLs* field. You can add multiple URLs, separating them with commas.
 - Open Boards Manager from Tools > Board menu and install *esp8266* platform (and don't forget to select your ESP8266 board from Tools > Board menu after installation).
 
-The best place to ask questions related to this core is ESP8266 community forum: http://www.esp8266.com/arduino.
-If you find this forum or the ESP8266 Boards Manager package useful, please consider supporting it with a donation. <br />
-[![Donate](https://img.shields.io/badge/paypal-donate-yellow.svg)](https://www.paypal.com/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=4M56YCWV6PX66)
-
-#### Available versions
-
-##### Stable version ![](http://arduino.esp8266.com/stable/badge.svg)
+#### Latest release [![Latest release](https://img.shields.io/github/release/esp8266/Arduino.svg)](https://github.com/esp8266/Arduino/releases/latest/)
 Boards manager link: `http://arduino.esp8266.com/stable/package_esp8266com_index.json`
 
 Documentation: [http://esp8266.github.io/Arduino/versions/2.3.0/](http://esp8266.github.io/Arduino/versions/2.3.0/)
 
 ### Using git version
-[![Linux build status](https://travis-ci.org/esp8266/Arduino.svg)](https://travis-ci.org/esp8266/Arduino) [![codecov.io](https://codecov.io/github/esp8266/Arduino/coverage.svg?branch=master)](https://codecov.io/github/esp8266/Arduino?branch=master)
+[![Linux build status](https://travis-ci.org/esp8266/Arduino.svg)](https://travis-ci.org/esp8266/Arduino)
 
-- Install Arduino 1.6.8
+- Install Arduino 1.8.2 from the [Arduino website](http://www.arduino.cc/en/main/software).
 - Go to Arduino directory
 - Clone this repository into hardware/esp8266com/esp8266 directory (or clone it elsewhere and create a symlink)
 ```bash
@@ -67,7 +59,7 @@ Linux 32/64, Linux ARM (like Raspberry Pi, BeagleBone, CubieBoard).
 - [What is PlatformIO?](http://docs.platformio.org/page/what-is-platformio.html)
 - [PlatformIO IDE](http://platformio.org/platformio-ide)
 - Quick Start with [PlatformIO IDE](http://docs.platformio.org/page/ide/atom.html#quick-start) or [PlatformIO Core](http://docs.platformio.org/page/core.html)
-- [Advanced using](http://docs.platformio.org/page/platforms/espressif.html) -
+- [Advanced usage](http://docs.platformio.org/page/platforms/espressif.html) -
   custom settings, uploading to SPIFFS, Over-the-Air (OTA) or using stage version
 - [Integration with Cloud and Standalone IDEs](http://docs.platformio.org/page/ide.html) -
   Cloud9, Codeanywhere, Eclipse Che (Codenvy), Atom, CLion, Eclipse, Emacs, NetBeans, Qt Creator, Sublime Text, VIM and Visual Studio
@@ -80,30 +72,33 @@ Using make instead of the Arduino IDE makes it easier to do automated and produc
 
 ### Documentation
 
-Documentation for latest development version:
-
-- [Reference](doc/reference.md)
-- [Libraries](doc/libraries.md)
-- [File system](doc/filesystem.md)
-- [OTA update](doc/ota_updates/readme.md)
-- [Supported boards](doc/boards.md)
-- [FAQ / Trubleshooting](doc/faq/readme.md)
-- [Change log](doc/changes.md)
+Documentation for latest development version: https://arduino-esp8266.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
 
 ### Issues and support ###
 
-If you encounter an issue, you are welcome to submit it here on Github: https://github.com/esp8266/Arduino/issues.
-Please provide as much context as possible: version which you are using (you can check it in Boards Manager), your sketch code, serial output, board model, IDE settings (board selection, flash size, etc).
+[ESP8266 Community Forum](http://www.esp8266.com/u/arduinoanswers) is a well established community for questions and answers about Arduino for ESP8266.
+
+If you find this forum useful, please consider supporting it with a donation. <br />
+[![Donate](https://img.shields.io/badge/paypal-donate-yellow.svg)](https://www.paypal.com/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=4M56YCWV6PX66)
+
+If you encounter an issue which you think is a bug in the ESP8266 Arduino Core or the associated libraries, you are welcome to submit it here on Github: https://github.com/esp8266/Arduino/issues.
+
+Please provide as much context as possible:
 
-If you can not find the answers above, you can also try [ESP8266 Community Forum](http://www.esp8266.com/arduino)
+- ESP8266 Arduino core version which you are using (you can check it in Boards Manager)
+- your sketch code; please wrap it into a code block, see [Github markdown manual](https://help.github.com/articles/basic-writing-and-formatting-syntax/#quoting-code)
+- when encountering an issue which happens at run time, attach serial output. Wrap it into a code block, just like the code.
+- for issues which happen at compile time, enable verbose compiler output in the IDE preferences, and attach that output (also inside a code block)
+- ESP8266 development board model
+- IDE settings (board choich, flash size)
 
 ### Contributing
 
-For minor fixes of code and documentation, go ahead and submit a pull request.
+For minor fixes of code and documentation, please go ahead and submit a pull request.
 
 Check out the list of issues which are easy to fix — [easy issues for 2.4.0](https://github.com/esp8266/Arduino/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+milestone%3A2.4.0+label%3A%22level%3A+easy%22). Working on them is a great way to move the project forward.
 
-Larger changes (rewriting parts of existing code from scratch, adding new functions to the core, adding new libraries) should generally be discussed [in the chat](https://gitter.im/esp8266/Arduino) first.
+Larger changes (rewriting parts of existing code from scratch, adding new functions to the core, adding new libraries) should generally be discussed by opening an issue first.
 
 Feature branches with lots of small commits (especially titled "oops", "fix typo", "forgot to add file", etc.) should be squashed before opening a pull request. At the same time, please refrain from putting multiple unrelated changes into a single pull request.