Docs: Add warning about promoting secondary with selective sync

What does this MR do?

This MR adds critical documentation warnings about the risk of data loss when promoting a Geo secondary site that has selective synchronization enabled.

When selective synchronization is configured on a secondary site, only a subset of data is replicated (specific groups, shards, or organizations). Currently:

  1. There is no validation in the promotion code (ee/lib/gitlab/geo/geo_tasks.rb) to check if selective sync is enabled
  2. There is no warning in the documentation about the permanent data loss that occurs when promoting such a secondary
  3. Administrators may unknowingly promote a secondary with selective sync, resulting in permanent loss of all non-replicated data

This MR adds:

  1. A new section in doc/administration/geo/replication/selective_synchronization.md titled "Promoting a secondary site with selective synchronization enabled" that:
    • Clearly warns about permanent data loss
    • Explains what data will be lost
    • Provides recommendations for safe promotion
    • Offers guidance for emergency scenarios

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Edited by Alvin Gounder

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