Snickerdoodle

* Removed extra actions
* Updated `ruff` options to reflect newer version options
* Fixed `ruff` bug in `ci.yaml` due to newer versions of `ruff`

* Fixed issues with publish Action
* Changed required Python version to 3.10 (in preparation for other changes)

* Corrected misnumbered previous version

* Updated GitHub Actions to newer versions

* Removed merge.yml Actions (it was creating a `cookiecutter` error and is not
used by the package)
* Added Python 3.12 to pyproject.toml

* Fixed intermittent bug with mkdocs finding the created module