Warn against trailing slashes in router prefixes in documentation#9861
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Added warning about trailing slashes in viewset prefixes.
Update viewsets documentation with trailing slash warning
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Many developers subconsciously add trailing slashes to router prefixes because of standard Django path() habits. This leads to broken URLs (double slashes) or 404s. Adding this warning to the ViewSet documentation helps prevent this common mistake.