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Bring CONTRIBUTING.md in line with current practices (#16841)

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Added a few more places for submitting various issues.
Removed the extra logging instruction for Phoenix (project seems to be abandoned since years).
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## Submitting Bug Reports
Bug reports in _RetroArch_ may fall into one of two categories:
Bug reports for _RetroArch_ may fall into a few categories:
* _RetroArch_ itself, the user interface and API around all of the various cores.
* Individual _Core_, of which interact with _RetroArch_.
* Individual _Core_, that interacts with _RetroArch_.
* Supplementary data provided within _RetroArch_, such as controller autoconfigs, databases,
thumbnails...
* The [documentation set](https://docs.libretro.com/)
When submitting a bug report, ensure that the report is submitted to the correct repository.
For _RetroArch_ itself, it is done by reporting a bug within the
[RetroArch](https://github.com/libretro/RetroArch) repository. For other cores, please use
the search function within the [libretro Organization](https://github.com/libretro) on
GitHub. Issues that are specific to a core and not _RetroArch_ are likely to be closed very
quickly. If an issue is suspected with _RetroArch_, please make sure to test with multiple
cores to be sure that is is not isolated.
* For _RetroArch_ itself, submit an issue to the [RetroArch](https://github.com/libretro/RetroArch)
repository. Please read and fill the issue template.
* For other cores, please use the search function within the [libretro Organization](https://github.com/libretro)
on GitHub. Issues that are specific to a core and not _RetroArch_ are likely to be closed
very quickly. If an issue is suspected with _RetroArch_, please make sure to test with
multiple cores to be sure that is is not isolated.
* For database content, submit an issue to
[libretro-database repo](https://github.com/libretro/libretro-database) or ask in the
_database_ channel on Discord.
* For controller autoconfigs, submit an issue to
[retroarch-joypad-autoconfig repo](https://github.com/libretro/retroarch-joypad-autoconfig)
* For actual thumbnail images, submit an issue to
[libretro-thumbnails](https://github.com/libretro-thumbnails/libretro-thumbnails) repo
or ask in the _database_ channel on Discord.
* For documentation, submit an issue to [libretro-docs](https://github.com/libretro/libretro-docs)
repo or ask in the _documentation_ channel.
* For translations, please see [here](https://docs.libretro.com/development/retroarch/new-translations-crowdin/).
If the issue occurs during runtime, please paste the verbose log output:
* If using the _Pheonix_ interface, the log will be in _File_ -> _Show Log_.
* If using the main interface, enable verbose logging with _Settings_ -> _Logging_ ->
_Logging Verbosity_. Ensure both _Log to File_ and _Timestamp log Files_ is enabled.
* Otherwise, run _RetroArch_ with the verbose (`-v`) flag.
Set frontend log level to _0 (Debug)_.
* Or run _RetroArch_ with the verbose (`-v`) flag and get the log from the console.
If the error happens during compilation and/or building, paste the output of `./configure`
and `make` accordingly. If using an IDE, please paste any of the errors and log output.