doc: remove information on EOL Node.js versions (#2148)

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@@ -10,14 +10,7 @@ Supported versions for running the Node.js installer and executable as released.
 
 | Node.js Version | Windows Version            |
 |-----------------|----------------------------|
-| v4              | XP                         |
-| v5              | XP                         |
-| v6              | 7 / 2008 R2 <sup>[1]</sup> |
-| v7              | 7 / 2008 R2                |
-| v8              | 7 / 2008 R2                |
-| v9              | 7 / 2008 R2                |
 | v10             | 7 / 2008 R2                |
-| v11             | 7 / 2008 R2                |
 | v12             | 7 / 2008 R2                |
 | v13             | 7 / 2008 R2                |
 | v14             | 8.1 / 2012 R2              |
@@ -28,15 +21,7 @@ Supported versions for building Node.js from source.
 
 | Node.js Version | Visual Studio Version               |
 |-----------------|-------------------------------------|
-| v4              | 2013, 2015, VCBT2015 <sup>[2]</sup> |
-| v5              | 2013, 2015, VCBT2015 <sup>[2]</sup> |
-| v6.0.0 - v6.7.0 | 2013, 2015, VCBT2015                |
-| v6.8.0 onwards  | 2015, VCBT2015 <sup>[3]</sup>       |
-| v7              | 2015, VCBT2015 <sup>[3]</sup>       |
-| v8              | 2015, VCBT2015, 2017 <sup>[4]</sup> |
-| v9              | 2015, VCBT2015, 2017                |
 | v10             | 2017 <sup>[5]</sup>                 |
-| v11             | 2017                                |
 | v12             | 2017, 2019 (flag) <sup>[8]</sup>    |
 | v13             | 2017, 2019 <sup>[9]</sup>           |
 | v14             | 2017, 2019                          |
@@ -47,14 +32,7 @@ Supported versions for building Node.js addons. End-users should have one of the
 
 | Node.js Version | Visual Studio Version                     |
 |-----------------|-------------------------------------------|
-| v4              | 2013, 2015, VCBT2015                      |
-| v5              | 2013, 2015, VCBT2015                      |
-| v6              | 2013, 2015, VCBT2015                      |
-| v7              | 2013, 2015, VCBT2015                      |
-| v8              | 2013, 2015, VCBT2015, 2017 <sup>[6]</sup> |
-| v9              | 2015, VCBT2015, 2017 <sup>[7]</sup>       |
 | v10             | 2015, VCBT2015, 2017                      |
-| v11             | 2015, VCBT2015, 2017                      |
 | v12             | 2015, VCBT2015, 2017, 2019 <sup>[10]</sup> |
 | v13             | 2015, VCBT2015, 2017, 2019                |
 | v14             | 2015, VCBT2015, 2017, 2019                |
@@ -65,41 +43,16 @@ These versions are used to build the official releases.
 
 | Node.js Version | Windows Version | Visual Studio Version |
 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------------|
-| v4              | 2008 R2         | 2013                  |
-| v5              | 2008 R2         | 2013                  |
-| v6.0.0 - v6.7.0 | 2008 R2         | 2013                  |
-| v6.8.0 onwards  | 2008 R2         | 2015 <sup>[3]</sup>   |
-| v7              | 2008 R2         | 2015                  |
-| v8              | 2008 R2         | 2015                  |
-| v9              | 2008 R2         | 2015                  |
 | v10             | 2012 R2         | 2017 <sup>[5]</sup>   |
-| v11             | 2012 R2         | 2017                  |
 | v12             | 2012 R2         | 2017                  |
 | v13             | 2012 R2         | 2017                  |
 | v14             | 2012 R2         | 2019                  |
 
 ## References
 
-1. Support for Windows XP and Windows Vista was removed in v6.0.0.
-   - Issue: https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/3804
-   - Pull Request: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5167
-2. Support for Visual C++ Build Tools 2015 was added in v4.4.1 and v5.9.0.
-   - Pull Request: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5627
-3. Support for Visual Studio 2013 was removed in v6.8.0 and v7.0.0.
-   - Issue for v7: https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/7484
-   - Issue for v6: https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/7989
-   - Pull Request: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8067
-4. Support for Visual Studio 2017 was added in v8.0.0.
-   - Pull Request: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/11852
 5. Support for Visual Studio 2015 was removed in v10.0.0.
    - Pull Request: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/16868
    - Pull Request: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/16969
-6. Support for **building addons** with Visual Studio 2017 was added in v8.0.0 (node-gyp v3.6.0).
-   - Pull Request: https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp/pull/1130
-   - Pull Request: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/12480
-7. Support for **building addons** with Visual Studio 2013 was removed in v9.0.0.
-   - Issue: https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/13372
-   - Pull Request: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/14764
 8. Support for Visual Studio 2019 was added behind a flag in v12.8.0.
    - Pull Request: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/28781
 9. Support for Visual Studio 2019 by default was added in v13.0.1.