docs(readme): clean up

1 files changed, 12 insertions, 56 deletions

diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 13cb0d5..d2e0c6c 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -5,37 +5,23 @@
       <img
         src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Whirlsplash/assets/master/Whirl.png"
         alt="Whirl"
-        width="220">
+        width="200">
     </a>
   </p>
-  <h1 align="center">The Open-Source WorldServer</h1>
-  <h3 align="center">A Worlds united</h3>
+  <h1 align="center">Whirl: The Open-Source WorldServer</h1>
+  <h3 align="center">A Worlds United</h3>
 
-  <p align="center">
-
-.. image:: https://img.shields.io/discord/821938182274154506
-  :alt: Discord
-  :target: https://discord.com/invite/8hn6padWF6
-
-.. image:: https://www.codefactor.io/repository/github/whirlsplash/whirl/badge
-  :alt: CodeFactor
-  :target: https://www.codefactor.io/repository/github/whirlsplash/whirl
+  <br>
 
-.. image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/Say%20Thanks-!-1EAEDB.svg
-  :alt: Say Thanks
-  :target: https://saythanks.io/to/[email protected]
-
-.. image:: https://img.shields.io/github/license/Whirlsplash/whirl
-  :alt: License
-  :target: ./LICENSE
+  <p align="center">
 
 .. raw:: html
 
   </p>
 
-Whirl, an open-source implementation of the
+Whirl is an open-source implementation of `Worlds <https://www.worlds.com/>`_'
 `WorldServer <http://dev.worlds.net/private/GammaDocs/WorldServer.html>`_
-protocol in `Rust <https://www.rust-lang.org/>`_.
+protocol, written in the modern and safe `Rust <https://www.rust-lang.org/>`_.
 
 Purpose
 -------
@@ -45,7 +31,7 @@ Two *main* reasons;
 1. Worlds' official servers are old, slowly deteriorating, and *probably* unmaintained.
 2. Worlds is **old**; the shutdown of the servers is inevitable.
 
-**TLDR**: To keep Worlds' legacy going for future generations.
+**TLDR**: To keep Worlds' legacy alive for future generations.
 
 Usage
 -----
@@ -63,23 +49,13 @@ Documentation about the entire Whirlsplash ecosystem can be found
 `here <https://whirlsplash.org/docs/>`_.
 
 If you are looking for explicit documentation of only Whirl's source code, you
-must generate them yourself be cloning the repository and running the Cargo
-subcommand;
+may generate them yourself be cloning the repository and running the `doc` Cargo
+subcommand:
 
 .. code-block:: shell
 
   $ cargo +nightly doc --open --document-private-items --no-deps # or `cargo make gen-docs`
 
-Known Issues
-------------
-
-- https://github.com/Whirlsplash/whirl/issues/2
-
-Contributing
-------------
-
-Please reference the `contribution guidelines <./CONTRIBUTING.md>`_ of this repository.
-
 Development Dependencies
 ------------------------
 
@@ -98,27 +74,7 @@ Optional
 - `sqlfluff <https://github.com/sqlfluff/sqlfluff>`_ — SQL linting
 - `Valgrind <https://www.valgrind.org/>`_ — Benchmarking
 
-*These development dependencies (excluding sqlfluff) will automatically be satisfied if you are
-using the Nix shell configuration as provided.*
-
-Benchmarking
-------------
-
-For the time being; benchmarking is only available for \*nix-based environments as the benchmarking
-utility currently in place, `Iai <https://github.com/bheisler/iai>`_, has a hard dependency on
-`Valgrind <https://www.valgrind.org/>`_ which is only accessible within \*nix-based environments.
-
-More so, the current benchmarks which have been set-up do not cover the full extent of Whirl, but a
-small portion of the crates which make up Whirl as a whole. In the future, benchmarks may be
-expanded upon.
-
-To execute the available benchmarks, use the following Cargo subcommand;
-
-.. code-block:: shell
-
-  $ cargo bench
-
-License
+Licence
 ~~~~~~~
 
-`GNU General Public License v3.0 <./LICENSE>`_
+This project is licensed with the `GNU General Public License v3.0 <./LICENSE>`_.