feat(doc): add split_thinking docs (axolotl-ai-cloud#2613) [skip ci]

* feat(doc): add split_thinking docs

* fix: link config.qmd to conversation.qmd for split_thinking example

* update thinking => reasoning_content in messages format

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Co-authored-by: Wing Lian <wing@axolotl.ai>

Author: NanoCode012

docs/config.qmd

@@ -184,8 +184,8 @@ datasets:
     # adding a system turn with empty content.
     drop_system_message:
 
-    # Optional[bool]. Whether to split the assistant turn based on a reasoning trace inside delimited tags
-    # defaults to False
+    # Optional[bool]. (for Qwen3 template only) Whether to split the assistant content based on a reasoning trace inside delimited tags
+    # See example at `docs/dataset-formats/conversation.qmd`
     split_thinking:
 
     # IMPORTANT: The following fields determine which parts of the conversation to train on.

docs/dataset-formats/conversation.qmd

@@ -196,6 +196,34 @@ datasets:
 It is not necessary to set both `message_field_training` and `message_field_training_detail` at once.
 :::
 
+8. (For Qwen3 template only) Enable reasoning split, where the reasoning is split from the content and passed as a separate field into the template.
+
+```yaml
+datasets:
+  - path: ...
+    type: chat_template
+    chat_template: qwen3
+    split_thinking: true
+```
+
+For example, a content can look like:
+
+```json
+{
+  "content": "<think>Some thinking outputs</think>Output after thinking."
+}
+```
+
+After split, it will look like:
+
+```json
+{
+  "reasoning_content": "Some thinking outputs",
+  "content": "Output after thinking..."
+}
+```
+
+
 ## sharegpt
 
 ::: {.callout-important}