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-The games license is described in COPYING
+The game's license is described in COPYING.
 
-Installation instructions can be found in INSTALL
+See INSTALL for instructions on how to build the game from source code.
 
 A description of how to play the game can be found in MANUAL.
 
-To get notified of new releases you can go to 
-http://freshmeat.net/projects/wesnoth and 'subscribe to new releases'
+See ISSUES for an overview of some of the bugs we are aware of.
 
-Wesnoth User and Developer Forums can be found at http://forum.wesnoth.org
+To be notified of new releases, go to 
+    http://freshmeat.net/projects/wesnoth
+and 'subscribe to new releases'.
 
-Some user created campaigns can be found under 'UserScenarios' at 
-http://wiki.wesnoth.org
+Wesnoth User and Developer Forums (with over 98,000 posts from more than
+2,700 registered members) can be found at
+    http://forum.wesnoth.org/
+
+For extensive documentation about all aspects of the game, see our Wiki
+    http://wiki.wesnoth.org/
 
 For more information, visit the official Battle for Wesnoth web site: 
-http://www.wesnoth.org
+    http://www.wesnoth.org/
 
-David White
-davidnwhite@comcast.net
+David White <davidnwhite@verizon.net>