RQ docs: remove defunct --sentry-dsn CLI flag

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python
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Open the Python RQ integration page and locate the Configure section's rq worker startup command. Remove the --sentry-dsn line, keep the existing mysettings.py initialization guidance, and verify the page no longer instructs users to use the defunct flag.

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Description

The RQ integration page references --sentry-dsn as an rq worker CLI flag, but RQ has fully removed this option. The comment on the page says "only necessary for RQ < 1.0" but the flag no longer exists at all in any current RQ release — the official RQ worker docs list no such argument.

This creates a confusing loop: RQ's own documentation points users to the Sentry docs page for integration guidance, but the Sentry page instructs them to pass a flag that doesn't exist.

Fix: Remove the --sentry-dsn line from the rq worker startup command in the Configure section. Initializing the SDK via mysettings.py (which the page already covers) is the correct and complete approach.

Affected page: https://docs.sentry.io/platforms/python/integrations/rq/

Reported by a user via Sentry User Feedback. Action taken on behalf of Rahul Chhabria.

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