Revert "Remove section about self-approve patches"

diff --git a/docs/maintainer_guide.md b/docs/maintainer_guide.md
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--- a/docs/maintainer_guide.md
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@@ -24,3 +24,14 @@ using your commit rights to merge the pull request.
 
 You have write access to the *collectd/collectd* repository. Please use it
 responsibly.
+
+#### Own work
+
+Open *pull requests* for your own changes, too:
+
+*   For simple changes it's okay to self-approve and merge after a
+    successful build on the CI systems.
+*   Trivial changes, cherry-picks from *master* and roll-up merges are
+    excempt and may be pushed to the version branches and *master* directly.
+*   "Simple" and "trivial" are not further defined; use your best judgement.
+    We'll revisit this if and when it becomes necessary.