DOC: write shortest from of mission statement

Author: tacaswell

doc/users/matplotlib.rst

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-Matplotlib's Mission
-====================
-
-Matplotlib aims to be the foundational plotting library for the Scientific
-Python Ecosystem.
-
-
-
-It has been over a decade since John Hunter wrote :ref:`History` and the world
-has changed.  Python is no longer a fringe language in science but is now one
-of the most widely used languages in science and data science.  Python, and
-Matplotlib, are now regularly taught in schools and used in research both at
-the inididivual grad student scale to the Mars helicopter [CITE].  Data
-structures that are now considered standard, such as pandas.DataFrame or
-xarray.DataArray, did not yet exist.  Over that time there has also developed a
-number of domain-specific plotting libraries extending Matplotlib.  The
-packaging ecosystem in Python has gotten much better than it was a decade ago,
-expecting users to install Matplotlib and several extensions is more reasonable
-than it was.   In light of the changes to the world it is worth re-addressing
-the Matplotlib's role in the wider Scientific Python Ecosystem.
-
-
-To paraphrase from JDH's original requirements, Matplotlib should:
-
-* Produce publication quality output (including vector formats);
-* Be embeddedable in graphical user interfaces for application development;
-* Code be understandable and extendable by scientists and data scientists;
-* Support users across all fields of science and industry;
-* Easy things should be easy;
-* Hard things should be possible.
-
-Unfortunately, these goals have inherent tension.  "Easy", while subjective and
-context dependent, it can be understood as how little work the user has to do
-to get from data to a visualization.  How much work the user has to do depends
-on how well aligned the assumptions the library makes about what the user wants
-to do.  However, given the broad range of domains where Matplotlib is used,
-from time series analysis to statistics or from image analysis to mapping, it
-is very easy to make assumptions that work well for one application that are
-catastrophically wrong for another!  To all of our users we need to think of
-Matplotlib as not just the core library, but also including the domain specific
-plotting libraries built on and around us.
-
-
-To this end, Matplotlib's role in the ecosystem is to provide the tools to build
-the tools that users will use.
+Matplotlib Mission Statement
+============================
+
+The mission of the Matplotlib developer community is to develop, maintain, and
+support Matplotlib and its extensions which provide plotting tools for users of
+the Scientific Python Ecosystem.  We success is based on how effectively we
+enable our users, across scientific, industrial, commercial, and educational
+applications, to achieve their goals.  A diverse developer community creates
+the best software and we welcome anyone, regardless of experience, education,
+gender, or nationality, who shares our mission to the community.