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 .. _Preface:
 
+.. Doc team! Be sure that when you make any changes to this file that you also make them to the mirrored file in the edx-documentation repository. - Alison 19 Aug 14
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 Preface
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-.. Doc team! Be sure that when you make any changes to this file that you also make them to the mirrored file in the edx-analytics-dashboard/docs repository. - Alison 19 Aug 14
-
 Course teams, researchers, developers, students: the edX community includes
 groups with a range of reasons for using the platform and objectives to
 accomplish. To help members of each group learn about what edX offers, reach
@@ -13,83 +13,14 @@ goals, and solve problems, edX provides a variety of information resources.
 
 To help you find what you need, browse the edX offerings in these categories:
 
-* `The edX Partner Portal`_
-* `The Open edX Portal`_
-* `Release Announcements through the Open edX Portal`_
-* `Resources for Course Teams`_
-* `Resources for Researchers`_
-* `Resources for Developers`_
-* `Resources for Students`_
+* :ref:`Resources for Course Teams`
+* :ref:`Resources for Researchers`
+* :ref:`Resources for Developers`
+* :ref:`Resources for Students`
 
 All members of the edX community are encouraged to make use of any of the
 resources described in this preface.
 
-.. _The edX Partner Portal:
-
-***********************
-The edX Partner Portal
-***********************
-
-The `edX Partner Portal`_ is the destination for partners to learn, connect,
-and collaborate with one another. Partners can explore rich resources and share
-success stories and best practices while staying up-to-date with important news
-and updates.
-
-To use the edX Partner Portal, you must register and request verification as an
-edX partner. If you are an edX partner and have not used the edX Partner
-Portal, follow these steps.
-
-#. Visit `partners.edx.org`_, and select **Create New Account**.
-#. Select **Request Partner Access**, then fill in your personal details.
-#. Select **Create New Account**. You will receive a confirmation email with
-   your account access within 24 hours.
-
-.. _The Open edX Portal:
-
-***********************
-The Open edX Portal
-***********************
-
-The `Open edX Portal`_ is the destination for all edX users to learn about the
-edX roadmap, as well as hosting, extending the edX platform, and contributing
-to Open edX. In addition, the Open edX Portal provides product announcements,
-the Open edX blog, and other rich community resources.
-
-All users can view content on the Open edX Portal without creating an account
-and logging in.  
-
-To comment on blog posts or the edX roadmap, you must create an account and log
-in. If you do not have an account, follow these steps.
-
-#. Visit `open.edx.org/user/register`_.
-#. Fill in your personal details.
-#. Select **Create New Account**. You are then logged in to the `Open edX
-   Portal`_.
-
-***************************************************
-Release Announcements through the Open edX Portal
-***************************************************
-
-To receive and share product and release announcements by email, subscribe to
-announcements on the `Open edX Portal`_.
-
-#. Create an account on the `Open edX Portal`_ as described above.
-#. Go to https://open.edx.org/announcements.
-#. Under **Announcement Type** in the **Subscriptions** block, select the type
-   of announcements that you want to receive through email.
-
-   .. image:: ../../shared/images/Announcement_subscriptions.png
-     :alt: Subscription block in the Open edX Portal Announcements page.
-
-4. Click **Save**.
-   
-You will now receive email messages when new announcements of the types you
-selected are posted.
-
-.. note:: 
- EdX partners can complete the same steps on the **Announcements** page in the
- `edX Partner Portal`_.
-
 ***********************
 System Status
 ***********************
@@ -162,8 +93,11 @@ To receive and share information by email, course team members can:
 * Join the `openedx-studio`_ Google group to ask questions and participate in
   discussions with peers at other edX partner organizations and edX staffers.
 
-Course Author Support
-----------------------
+Wikis and Web Sites
+-------------------
+
+The edX product team maintains the `Open edX Product`_ wiki, which includes the
+`Open edX Public Product Roadmap`_.
 
 The `edX Author Support`_ site hosts discussions that are monitored by edX
 staffers.
@@ -221,6 +155,10 @@ Documentation for developers is available on the docs.edx.org web page.
   contributing to Open edX, options for extending the Open edX platform, using
   the edX public sandboxes, instrumenting analytics, and testing.
 
+* `Installing, Configuring, and Running the edX Platform`_ provides procedures
+  for getting an edX developer stack (Devstack) and production stack
+  (Fullstack) operational.
+
 * XBlock_: Open edX courseware components provides preliminary documentation
   on the XBlock component architecture for building courses.
 
@@ -237,6 +175,7 @@ Documentation for developers is available on the docs.edx.org web page.
 * `edX Platform API`_ provides tools for building applications to view course
   information and videos.
 
+
 GitHub
 -------
 
@@ -262,49 +201,29 @@ staffers.
 
 * For conversations about the code in Open edX, join `edx-code`_.  
 * For conversations about running Open edX, join `openedx-ops`_. 
-* For conversations about globalization and translation, 
-  join `openedx-translation`_.
+* For conversations about globalization and translation, join `openedx-translation`_.
 
 Additional Google groups are occasionally formed for individual projects.
 
-.. note:: 
- Please do not report security issues in public. If you have a concern, 
- please email security@edx.org.
+.. note:: Please do not report security issues in public. If you have a concern, please email security@edx.org.
 
 EdX engineers often monitor the Freenode #edx-code IRC channel.
 
-Pull Requests
+Wikis and Web Sites
 -------------------
 
+The code.edx.org web site_ is an entry point for new contributors.
+
+The edX Engineering team maintains the `Open Source Home`_ wiki, which provides
+insights into the plans, projects, and questions that the edX Open Source team
+is working on with the community.
+
 The pull request dashboard_  is a visualization of the count and age of the
 pull requests (PRs) assigned to teams at edX. Click the bars in this chart to
 get more information about the PRs.
 
 .. _Resources for Students:
 
-.. _Resources for Open edX:
-
-**************************
-Resources for Open edX
-**************************
-
-Hosting providers, platform exenders, core contributors, and course staff all
-use Open edX. Starting with the Birch release of Open edX, the following
-release-specific documentation is available on docs.edx.org.  
-
-* `Open edX Release Notes`_ provides information on changes in Open edX
-  releases.
-
-* `Installing, Configuring, and Running the edX Platform`_ provides procedures
-  for getting Devstack and Fullstack installed and operational.
-
-* `Building and Running an Open edX Course`_ is a comprehensive guide with
-  concepts and procedures to help you build a course in Studio, and then
-  use the Learning Management System (LMS) to run a course.
-
-  When you are working in Studio, you can access relevant sections of this
-  guide by clicking **Help** on any page.
-
 **************************
 Resources for Students
 **************************
@@ -389,9 +308,3 @@ edX Global Community meetup_ group.
 .. _edX Data Analytics API: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-data-analytics-api/en/latest/index.html
 .. _edX Enrollment API: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-enrollment-api/en/latest/
 .. _edX Platform API: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/edx-platform-api/en/latest/
-.. _edX Partner Portal: https://partners.edx.org
-.. _partners.edx.org: https://partners.edx.org
-.. _Open edX Portal: https://open.edx.org
-.. _open.edx.org/user/register: https://open.edx.org/user/register
-.. _Open edX Release Notes: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/open-edx-release-notes/en/latest/
-.. _Building and Running an Open edX Course: http://edx.readthedocs.org/projects/open-edx-building-and-running-a-course/en/named-release-birch/
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