Explain place_id, i.e. shouldn't be use as permanent id

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@@ -6,26 +6,25 @@ Nominatim
 Nominatim (from the Latin, 'by name') is a tool to search OpenStreetMap data
 by name and address (geocoding) and to generate synthetic addresses of
 OSM points (reverse geocoding). An instance with up-to-date data can be found
-at http://nominatim.openstreetmap.org. Nominatim is also used as one of the
-sources for the Search box on the OpenStreetMap home page and powers the search
-on the MapQuest Open Initiative websites.
+at https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org. Nominatim is also used as one of the
+sources for the Search box on the OpenStreetMap home page.
 
 Documentation
 =============
 
-More information about Nominatim, including usage and installation instructions,
-can be found in the docs/ subdirectory and in the OSM wiki at:
-
-http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Nominatim
+The documentation of the latest development version is in the
+`docs/` subdirectory. A HTML version can be found at
+https://nominatim.org/release-docs/develop/ .
 
 Installation
 ============
 
-The latest stable release can be downloaded from http://nominatim.org.
-There you can also find [installation instructions for the release](http://nominatim.org/release-docs/latest/Installation).
+The latest stable release can be downloaded from https://nominatim.org.
+There you can also find [installation instructions for the release](https://nominatim.org/release-docs/latest/admin/Installation).
 
 Detailed installation instructions for the development version can be
-found in the `/docs` directory, see [docs/Installation.md](docs/Installation.md).
+found at [nominatim.org](https://nominatim.org/release-docs/develop/admin/Installation)
+as well.
 
 A quick summary of the necessary steps:
 
@@ -48,11 +47,17 @@ License
 
 The source code is available under a GPLv2 license.
 
-Contact and Bug reports
-======================
 
-For questions you can join the geocoding mailinglist, see
-http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/geocoding
+Contributing
+============
+
+Contributions are welcome. For details see [CONTRIBUTING.md](contribution guide).
+
+Both bug reports and pull requests are welcome.
 
-Bugs may be reported on the github project site:
-https://github.com/openstreetmap/Nominatim
+
+Mailing list
+============
+
+For questions you can join the geocoding mailinglist, see
+https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/geocoding