docs: clarify fork edit permissions for prs#16665
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Adds new section to the CONTRIBUTING.md file, specifically addressing permissions for maintainers editing pull requests from forks.
Clarifies that forks should keep "Allow edits and access to secrets by maintainers" enabled so the Payload team can push small fixes — rebases, lint/format cleanup, minor adjustments — directly to the PR branch without an extra round trip.
If that permission is disabled and changes are needed to move the PR forward, the team may close the PR and re-open an equivalent branch directly in the Payload repository so iteration can continue.