Tweak the documentation for approved-routers

Document !badexit, and improve the documentation for !invalid.

Closes #40188.
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o Minor features (documentation):
- Mention the !badexit directive that can appear in an authority's
approved-routers file, and update the description of the !invalid
directive. Closes ticket 40188.

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**fingerprint** file in a tor relay's __DataDirectory__ for an example
fingerprint line. If the status is **!reject**, then descriptors from the
given identity are rejected by this server. If it is **!invalid** then
descriptors are accepted, but marked in the directory as not valid, that
is, not recommended. In either case, the corresponding relays are not
included in the consensus.
descriptors are accepted, but marked in the vote as not valid.
If it is **!badexit**, then the authority will vote for it to receive a
BadExit flag, indicating that it shouldn't be used for traffic leaving
the Tor network.
(Neither rejected nor invalid relays are included in the consensus.)
__DataDirectory__/**`v3-status-votes`**::
Only for v3 authoritative directory servers. This file contains status