Remove "reference" wording according Synapse homeserver (#10971)

README.rst

@@ -55,11 +55,8 @@ solutions. The hope is for Matrix to act as the building blocks for a new
 generation of fully open and interoperable messaging and VoIP apps for the
 internet.
 
-Synapse is a reference "homeserver" implementation of Matrix from the core
-development team at matrix.org, written in Python/Twisted.  It is intended to
-showcase the concept of Matrix and let folks see the spec in the context of a
-codebase and let you run your own homeserver and generally help bootstrap the
-ecosystem.
+Synapse is a Matrix "homeserver" implementation developed by the matrix.org core 
+team, written in Python 3/Twisted.
 
 In Matrix, every user runs one or more Matrix clients, which connect through to
 a Matrix homeserver. The homeserver stores all their personal chat history and

changelog.d/10971.doc

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Change wording ("reference homeserver") in Synapse repository documentation. Contributed by @maxkratz.

docs/README.md

@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ Please update any links to point to the new website instead.
 ## About
 
 This directory currently holds a series of markdown files documenting how to install, use
-and develop Synapse, the reference Matrix homeserver. The documentation is readable directly
-from this repository, but it is recommended to instead browse through the
-[website](https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse) for easier discoverability.
+and develop Synapse. The documentation is readable directly from this repository, but it is 
+recommended to instead browse through the [website](https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse) for 
+easier discoverability.
 
 ## Adding to the documentation
 

docs/welcome_and_overview.md

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # Introduction
 
-Welcome to the documentation repository for Synapse, the reference
-[Matrix](https://matrix.org) homeserver implementation.
+Welcome to the documentation repository for Synapse, a 
+[Matrix](https://matrix.org) homeserver implementation developed by the matrix.org core 
+team.