[nickpdean]

Why:

Closes: n/a, no existing issue

.github/CONTRIBUTING.md says to click Make a contribution at the bottom of any docs page to make small changes in the UI. The button (src/frame/components/page-footer/Contribution.tsx) links to the article's source file at github.com/github/docs/blob/main/content/..., not to an editor, so a first-time contributor lands on a read-only file view with no hint about the next step.

What's being changed:

Explains that the button opens the source file, that you click the pencil icon to edit it, and that GitHub then asks you to fork and propose the change as a pull request. Links to Editing files in another user's repository, the article that already documents this flow.

Check off the following:

• A subject matter expert (SME) has reviewed the technical accuracy of the content in this PR. In most cases, the author can be the SME. Open source contributions may require an SME review from GitHub staff.
• The changes in this PR meet the docs fundamentals that are required for all content.
• All CI checks are passing and the changes look good in the review environment.

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The skip-spammy-check label was added, so I removed the invalid label and reopened this pull request. The spammy pull request check skips it while the label is applied.

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Thanks for this contribution and apologies for all the bot arguing we were doing! I'll get this merged ⚡

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