Update creating-gists.md

[Rizwan102003]

updated about section and description to make it easier for people to understand Github Gists.

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Pull Request Overview

This PR enhances the “Creating Gists” guide by clarifying the gist concept and breaking out key features and common use cases.

• Expanded the About section with a concise, user-friendly summary
• Added a Key Points section to highlight core gist capabilities
• Introduced a Use Cases section with practical examples

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content/get-started/writing-on-github/editing-and-sharing-content-with-gists/creating-gists.md:27

• Per project Markdown guidelines, use an asterisk (*) instead of a hyphen (-) for bullet list items.

-  **Quick sharing**: You can share small code snippets or files easily.

content/get-started/writing-on-github/editing-and-sharing-content-with-gists/creating-gists.md:36

• Per project Markdown guidelines, use an asterisk (*) instead of a hyphen (-) for bullet list items.

- Sharing config files

[Sharra-writes]

@Rizwan102003 Thanks for opening a PR! Unfortunately, these changes don't match the current direction of the docs, which is an attempt to make articles shorter and more concise, with less extraneous information. Changes like this should usually begin as an issue, so that we can determine the necessity of the change. Please take a look at the contributing.md to learn how to contribute in this repo. You can open a discussion if you have any questions ✨

[Rizwan102003]

@Sharra-writes Thank you for the feedback and clarification! I'll make sure to follow the contributing guidelines more closely going forward and will open an issue first if I have suggestions that may need broader discussion. Appreciate your time and guidance!