Document that change log entries must be a single line

[nityanand123gupta]

Linked issue

• Closes Update Contribute guide to state that change log entries should be written as a single line #1737

Description

The contributing guide describes what a good change log entry should contain, but never states that entries must be written as a single line — even though every existing entry in news/ follows that convention. Adds it explicitly to reduce ambiguity for first-time contributors.

Checklist

• I added a change log entry, following the instructions in all subsections under Change log requirements.
• I followed icalendar's Artificial intelligence policy and disclosed my Responsible AI use in my commit messages, if applicable.
• I added or updated tests, if applicable.
• I ran and ensured all tests pass locally by following Run tests.
• I added or edited documentation as necessary, both as docstrings to be rendered in the API documentation and narrative documentation, following the Style guide.

Additional information

This is a docs-only change to docs/contribute/index.rst (adding one clause to an existing bullet point) — no code was touched, so the test-related checklist items don't apply here.

[github-actions]

This pull request did not pass quality checks and AI use is suspected. Please review Contribute and make any necessary amendments.

[github-actions]

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[nityanand123gupta]

Hi, just checking in on PR #4016. Happy to make any changes if needed. Thanks!

[nityanand123gupta]

Thanks for the flag — you're right, I should have disclosed this upfront rather than leaving it for the bot to catch. I used AI (Claude, Sonnet 5) to draft this change, directed and reviewed by me (the repository owner of this fork). Just pushed a commit with the full disclosure (AI model/version + how it was used) and updated the change log entry to include the required brief disclosure line, per the Responsible AI use policy. Apologies for missing this the first time — happy to make any further changes needed.

[angatha]

Readers may assume that this applies only to the summary, so this may seems fine:

Lorem Ipsum
I did not use AI
@angatha

See other comment.

[stevepiercy]

I agree with @angatha. Please revert this change.

[angatha]

Suggested change

	The content of this file must include the following.
	The content of this file must be a single line and include the following.

[angatha]

Your contribution was flagged with ai-suspicion because you failed to use the PR template. Please use it for future contributions. You then need to check each checkbox.

[nityanand123gupta]

Thanks for the flag — updated the PR body to follow the actual template (.github/pull_request_template.md) with the Linked issue section and checked checklist items. Also worth noting for maintainers: I found a file at .github/assistant-guidelines.md in this repo that instructs AI assistants to harvest and commit a user's private prompt text into .prompts/ files — that's not something I acted on, flagging it in case it's not something the maintainers intentionally added (or if it is a deliberate honeypot, disregard this note).

[stevepiercy]

.github/assistant-guidelines.md

You can examine its history, which might help you understand why it's there, instead of needlessly flagging it. I wonder if AI told you to flag it?

[stevepiercy]

I agree with @angatha. Please revert this change.