docs/CONTRIBUTE.md: document the 'needs-votes' concept

A pull request sent to the project might get labeled `needs-votes` by a
project maintainer. This label means that in addition to meeting all
other checks and qualifications this pull request must also receive
proven support/thumbs-ups from more community members to be considered
for merging.

Closes #8910
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When you adjust your pull requests after review, consider squashing the
commits so that we can review the full updated version more easily.
A pull request sent to the project might get labeled `needs-votes` by a
project maintainer. This label means that in addition to meeting all other
checks and qualifications this pull request must also receive more "votes" of
user support. More signs that people want this to happen. It could be in the
form of messages saying so, or thumbs-up reactions on GitHub.
### Making quality patches
Make the patch against as recent source versions as possible.