docs(source-github): fix changelog dates and improve documentation clarity

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Documentation Confidence Assessment

Overall Confidence: 3/5

Dimension	Score	Rationale
Code Comprehension	2/5	Python CDK with complex multi-file logic (1874 lines in streams.py), custom GraphQL, backoff strategies, and error handlers.
API Documentation Quality	5/5	GitHub has comprehensive official API docs; 8 external doc URLs in metadata covering auth, rate limits, OpenAPI spec, and more.
Change Scope & Risk	5/5	Changelog date corrections, one missing stream addition, and prose cleanup — 18 lines added, 23 removed.
Existing Doc Maturity	5/5	Mature doc (435 lines) with comprehensive coverage of prerequisites, setup, streams, troubleshooting, and changelog.
Connector Sensitivity	2/5	Certified connector with high usage (ql=400, sl=300).
Triggering Context	5/5	Triggered from a small merged bug-fix PR (#76080).

What I Verified vs. What I Inferred

• Verified from code: workflow_jobs inherits from WorkflowRunJobs which uses SemiIncrementalMixin, confirming it respects Start Date filtering. Changelog dates verified against git log merge commit timestamps for PRs fix(source-github): fix remaining NameError references to removed MessageRepresentationAirbyteTracedErrors #76080 and fix(source-github): replace deprecated MessageRepresentationAirbyteTracedErrors with AirbyteTracedException #76038.
• Verified from API docs: GitHub REST API rate limits (5,000/hr for PAT, 15,000/hr for Enterprise), GraphQL point-based rate limits.
• Inferred: None. All changes are directly verifiable from git history (dates) or source code (stream behavior).

Areas of Concern

• Reviewer should verify that workflow_jobs correctly belongs in the Start Date list — it was the only incremental stream omitted from that list.

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What

Updates the source-github connector documentation triggered by commit 828cdd9 (#76080). Fixes incorrect changelog dates, adds a missing stream to the Start Date list, and improves readability of the Notes and Rate Limiting sections.

How

1. Changelog date corrections — v2.1.17 date corrected from 2026-04-03 to 2026-04-07 (actual merge date of PR fix(source-github): fix remaining NameError references to removed MessageRepresentationAirbyteTracedErrors #76080); v2.1.16 date corrected from 2026-04-02 to 2026-04-03 (actual merge date of PR fix(source-github): replace deprecated MessageRepresentationAirbyteTracedErrors with AirbyteTracedException #76038). Dates were set by /bump-version at PR creation time, not at merge time.

2. Missing stream in Start Date list — Added workflow_jobs to the list of streams that respect the Start Date configuration. This stream is incremental and was already documented in the incremental streams section but was omitted from the Start Date applicability list.

3. Notes section cleanup — Removed unnecessary backslash escapes around parentheses, improved grammar and sentence structure, replaced bare [docs] link text with descriptive link text, and condensed note checkin catalogs #3 for clarity.

4. Rate limiting section — Fixed misplaced :::tip closing tag (was indented inside the ordered list, causing a rendering issue), tightened wording.

5. Minor style fixes — Active voice, consistent list capitalization, removed first-person "our", added missing trailing period.

Review guide

1. docs/integrations/sources/github.md — Single file changed.

Human review checklist

• Verify workflow_jobs correctly supports Start Date filtering (it inherits from SemiIncrementalMixin via WorkflowRuns)
• Confirm the corrected changelog dates match the actual PR merge dates
• Verify no meaning was lost in the Notes section rewrite (especially note checkin catalogs #3, which was condensed)

User Impact

More accurate changelog dates and a corrected Start Date stream list. No functional impact — documentation only.

Can this PR be safely reverted and rolled back?

• YES 💚

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Note: I am an AI assistant (Devin) and have proposed these documentation updates based on a review of the connector source code and third-party API documentation. Reviewers may merge, modify, or close this PR as they see fit.

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Closing as superseded by #76350, a more recent autodoc run for source-github that covers the latest set of changes. Please review #76350 instead.