[thauck]

A few projects now have a "good as a first PR" tag for issues... This is great for helping people get started.

[cstuder]

One example is Composer with its "Easy Pick" tag: https://github.com/composer/composer/issues?labels=Easy+Pick...

[qznc]

I think this approach is much better than a generic "I want to contribute" button. Puts the burden on the newbie.

Maybe there should be a standard tag? Similiar to versioning http://semver.org/

[saamm]

Really? I don't think I've seen that before, but that sounds perfect for me. Do you have any advice on how to find such issues?

[voltagex_]

Some projects that have gone through the GSoC process have triaged bugs/features like this. I'm trying to remember them now - blame Monday.

http://fedoraproject.org/join-fedora is pretty much the best "How to Contribute" example I've seen.

[saamm]

Thank you!