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Limit use of image versioning to GitLab stuff

Mike Jang requested to merge mjang-doc-modify-versioning into master

What does this MR do?

Clarifies the current style guide direction w/r/t images outside of GitLab control.

GitLab docs currently include a number of images from outside companies. The practice is tolerated, as it helps our support organization diagnose customer issues.

Per our current guidance in https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/development/documentation/styleguide.html#images,

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We'd have to include the GitLab versioning format in the screenshots of non-GitLab software. This MR makes an exception for such screenshots.

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