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This commit removes the current help center markdown files and any logic that was used to host those files at help/. We also remove a bunch of tests, we should the equivalent of those tests for the new help center. Issues to track: #35649, #35647. These issues track adding back tests for redirects and broken links. We had a symlink from templates/zerver/integrations/email.md pointing to help/using-zulip-via-email.md. We can no longer have that symlink since the latter has been converted to an MDX file. We have deleted the symlink and put a markdown file in it's place. Both the files have comments to edit the other in case of changes. This commit also makes changes in astro config, astro component paths and other places to move the starlight help center docs base path from /starlight_help to /help. The change to rename /starlight_help/ to /help/ in MDX files is done in the next commit. If we squash these commits, this line should be removed. `./tools/build-help-center` no longer does the conversion step. We also remove some dead code related to the old help center in documentation.py.
Zulip overview
Zulip is an open-source team collaboration tool with unique topic-based threading that combines the best of email and chat to make remote work productive and delightful. Fortune 500 companies, leading open source projects, and thousands of other organizations use Zulip every day. Zulip is the only modern team chat app that is designed for both live and asynchronous conversations.
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