[docs] suggestion: clarify what starters are

[tsiq-swyx]

problem statement

Currently our docs say:

The Gatsby CLI tool lets you install “starters”. These are partially built sites preconfigured to help you get moving faster on creating a certain type of site.

i think this might send the wrong message that "starters" are a special concept that needs several requirements, in the way that create-react-app has special requirements if you want to do custom react-scripts. this was my initial assumption when learning gatsby and it was wrong. it's also a barrier to creating more starters.

it should be more obvious that gatsby new is no more than git clone && rm -rf .git/ && yarn (or npm i)

suggested solution

Change the wording in the docs:

The Gatsby CLI tool lets you install “starters”. These are boilerplate Gatsby sites maintained by the community. `gatsby new` helps you start your project by cloning the boilerplate, installing dependencies, and clearing git history. If you are familiar with `git` this is the same as `git clone && rm -rf .git/ && yarn` (or `npm i`).

future ideas

enhance the CLI to offer official and recently used starters

or at least directly launch to the starter showcase. (#5334)

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