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* it is confusing to name validation data `test_data` especially as terms like train, validation, test splits are common in ML. Change variable name in python quick start.

* convert datatable to numpy directly

* fix according to comments

* updated more docstrings

* simplified isinstance check

* Update compat.py

* removed misleading note about best_iteration

* Update engine.py

* Update Python-Intro.rst

* Updated Engine.py

* Updated Python-Intro.rst

* add article 'the best', break huge line and remove excess empty line

* added links to corresponding params in Quick-Start guide

* updated description of possible input types in python

* clarify list of numpy arrays input type in docs

* bring consistency and clearness into early_stopping_rounds desc, metric desc and implementation

* hotfix

* hotfix

* used NDCG as default metric for lambdarank task

* fixed missed methods at ReadTheDocs and changed default eval_metric

* leaved only unique metrics

* fixed comment

* added missed description of plot_example in python_guide folder and fixed consistency for packages naming

* more reliable OS detection

* fixed grammar

* made pylint happy

* A nitpicky grammer edit with minor clarifications added.

* fix link

* strike s

* try a different optimal-split link, clarify experimental details

* smoothing the FAQ

* edit Features.rst

* several minor edits throughout docs

* historgram-based

The document of `early_stopping_rounds` says it will check all of
eval_set. But, this is not true. It doesn't check the dataset
specified as the training data.

This change appends an extra phrase "except the training data" to all
of the sentences "If there's more than one, will check all of them" in
documents.

* add info on adaptive learning rate in the sklearn API

* adjust learning rate documentation following the PR discussion

* fix early stopping documentation

* improve wording

* fixing trailing spaces

* fixed typos and hotfixes

* converted gcc-tips.Rmd; added ref to gcc-tips

* renamed files

* renamed Advanced-Topics

* renamed README

* renamed Parameters-Tuning

* renamed FAQ

* fixed refs to FAQ

* fixed undecodable source characters

* renamed Features

* renamed Quick-Start

* fixed undecodable source characters in Features

* renamed Python-Intro

* renamed GPU-Tutorial

* renamed GPU-Windows

* fixed markdown

* fixed undecodable source characters in GPU-Windows

* renamed Parameters

* fixed markdown

* removed recommonmark dependence

* hotfixes

* added anchors to links

* fixed 404

* fixed typos

* added more anchors

* removed sphinxcontrib-napoleon dependence

* removed outdated line in Travis config

* fixed max-width of the ReadTheDocs theme

* added horizontal align to images