Create a guide for migration of docs

source/contributing/how-to-migrate.md

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+# How to Migrate Documentation - Step-by-Step Process
+
+Migrating documentation is often crucial when reorganizing any project. As such, below is a list of instructions and guidelines to aid you when embarking on the migration journey.
+
+1. **Licensing**
+   1. Familiarize yourself with the licenses governing the documentation you intend to migrate.
+   2. Verify if the license of the documentation is compatible with this project's current license.
+   3. If the licenses align, proceed with the migration. Otherwise, follow the steps below.
+   4. Identify the file and determine all contributors to the documentation (typically using blame or a co-owners document).
+   5. Contact all contributors, requesting permission to migrate the document to the new license.
+   6. Await responses from all recipients and obtain explicit approval from each contributor before proceeding.
+   7. If agreement from all contributors cannot be obtained, consider alternative solutions to avoid licensing conflicts, such as:
+        - A full rewrite of the document.
+        - Rewriting the areas of specific contributors who did not reply or approve.
+
+2. **Documentation Assessment**
+   1. Perform a thorough review of the existing documentation.
+   2. Assess the scope, relevance, and quality of the documentation in relation to the migration location.
+   3. Consider factors such as:
+        - Completeness
+        - Accuracy
+        - Organization
+        - Readability
+
+3. **Version Control and Branching Strategy**
+   1. Determine the appropriate branch or repository that contains the most up-to-date or relevant information about the project. In some situations, one might migrate the wrong version if the incorrect branch is specified.
+
+5. **Validation and Quality Assurance Post Migration**
+   1. Ensure consistency in the format and structure of the migrated documentation.
+   2. Consider factors like headings, sections, code formatting, tables, and diagrams.
+   3. Perform a thorough validation and quality assurance process before finalizing the migration.
+   4. Review the migrated documentation for accuracy, completeness, and adherence to desired standards.
+   5. Validate code snippets, links, images, and references included in the migrated content.
+   6. Conduct usability testing to gather feedback from users and iterate on the documentation based on their input.

source/index.md

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 contributing/how-to-get-help.md
 contributing/documentation.md
 contributing/writing-a-tutorial.md
+contributing/how-to-migrate.md
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