feat(docs): Add repo stats badges (#6697)

* add `forks count` badges

* Add `stargazers counter` badge

* Add `repo size` badge

pointing to main branch download

* add `sponsors count` badge

- link points to sponsorized profile page
- render version is placed at new line.

* Add `open issues counter` badges

- With social balloon style
- link points to its filter: open & "help wanted"
- in a new line

* Add pull request count badges

- by filter: open, merged, "help wanted"
- using social balloon style
- linked with its own query filter
- in a new line

* Add watchers count badge

* Add website status badge

- link points to the github.io version of the repo

* Add `contributions count` badge

* Use nonbreak spaces to separate badges

* Add `contribution covenant 1.3` badge

* Shorten longer `"Help Wanted" Pull Request` badge text

* Add `good first issues` count badge

- It links to related issue search query

* format clean cluttered

- flat style for all badges
- fix some target urls (CoC, contribs)
- organize url parameters
- capitalize labels
- move contrib/sponsors nest to forks/stars...
- group by paragraph instead of br

* format: less gap flow

* change logo for website badge to `www`

a PR submit into @badges/shields project is pending to be rendered

* Update repo stats counters + fix typos

Co-authored-by: CleanMachine1 <[email protected]>

* transfer each badge to its section. now seems less dense

* Fix markdownlint issues

- MD041/first-line-heading/first-line-h1: First line in a file should be a top-level heading
- MD009/no-trailing-spaces: Trailing spaces [Expected: 0 or 4; Actual: 2]

* move website status badge near to its paragraph

* transfer CoC badge near to its paragraph/link

* reword website badge

* Reword issues/PRs badge preface

Co-authored-by: CleanMachine1 <[email protected]>

Author: davorpa

README.md

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-This page is available as an easy-to-read website at [https://ebookfoundation.github.io/](https://ebookfoundation.github.io/free-programming-books/).
-
-
 # List of Free Learning Resources In Many Languages
 
 <div align="center" markdown="1">
 
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+This page is available as an easy-to-read website at [![https://ebookfoundation.github.io/free-programming-books/](https://img.shields.io/website?style=flat&logo=www&logoColor=whitesmoke&label=https%3A%2F%2Febookfoundation.github.io&down_color=red&down_message=down&up_color=green&up_message=up&url=https%3A%2F%2Febookfoundation.github.io%2Ffree-programming-books%2F)](https://ebookfoundation.github.io/free-programming-books/)
+
 
 ## Intro
 
 This list was originally a clone of [StackOverflow - List of Freely Available Programming Books](https://web.archive.org/web/20140606191453/http://stackoverflow.com/questions/194812/list-of-freely-available-programming-books/392926) with contributions from Karan Bhangui and George Stocker.
 
-The list was moved to GitHub by Victor Felder for collaborative updating and maintenance. It has grown to become one of [GitHub's most popular repositories](https://octoverse.github.com/), with 221,000+ stars, 6,900+ commits, 1,900+ contributors, and 47,100+ forks.
+The list was moved to GitHub by Victor Felder for collaborative updating and maintenance. It has grown to become one of [GitHub's most popular repositories](https://octoverse.github.com/), with 226,000+ stars, about 9,600 watchers, more than 7,000 commits, 1,900+ contributors, and 47,700+ forks.
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+
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+
+</div>
 
 The [Free Ebook Foundation](https://ebookfoundation.org) now administers the repo, a not-for-profit organization devoted to promoting the creation, distribution, archiving, and sustainability of free ebooks. [Donations](https://ebookfoundation.org/contributions.html) to the Free Ebook Foundation are tax-deductible in the US.
 
 
 ## How To Contribute
 
-Please read [CONTRIBUTING](docs/CONTRIBUTING.md). If you're new to GitHub, [welcome](docs/HOWTO.md)! Remember to abide by our [Code of Conduct](docs/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md) too. ([translations](docs/README.md#translations) also available)
+Please read [CONTRIBUTING](docs/CONTRIBUTING.md). If you're new to GitHub, [welcome](docs/HOWTO.md)! Remember to abide by our adapted from ![Contributor Covenant 1.3](https://img.shields.io/badge/Contributor%20Covenant-1.3-4baaaa.svg) [Code of Conduct](docs/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md) too ([translations](#translations) also available).
+
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