I sent this link around to a few people via twitter but I figured it warranted being sent here as well!
http://nikcodes.com/2013/05/10/new-contributor-jump-in/ TLDR: Every OSS project should have a label for issues that new users could help resolve. Basically a "this is simple enough that a new user could figure it out and contribute back to the project" tag. This shouldn't be a tag for features/issues that the core team doesn't want to deal with. Mostly it should be for fairly simple auxiliary issues that won't take forever to debug/implement but that the core team doesn't necessarily have time to deal with. I think this is a great idea. When I first started on OODT this would have been the coolest thing ever. I think it would be great to have a section devoted to "getting started" on the website that mentions this as well. Then it would be really easy for new developers to jump in and help. I would be more than happy to help get this up and running as well. Thoughts? Terrible/great idea? Ideas for a label name? -- Joyce
