Link new contributors in Markdown format

Author: browniebroke

docs/community/release-notes.md

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 ## New Contributors
 
-* @maerteijn made their first contribution in [#9198](https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework/pull/9198)
-* @FraCata00 made their first contribution in [#9444](https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework/pull/9444)
-* @AlvaroVega made their first contribution in [#9451](https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework/pull/9451)
-* @james-mchugh made their first contribution in [#9455](https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework/pull/9455)
-* @ifeanyidavid made their first contribution in [#9479](https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework/pull/9479)
-* @p-schlickmann made their first contribution in [#9480](https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework/pull/9480)
-* @akkuman made their first contribution in [#9505](https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework/pull/9505)
-* @rafaelgramoschi made their first contribution in [#9509](https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework/pull/9509)
-* @Sinaatkd made their first contribution in [#9521](https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework/pull/9521)
-* @gtkacz made their first contribution in [#9535](https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework/pull/9535)
-* @sliverc made their first contribution in [#9556](https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework/pull/9556)
-* @gabrielromagnoli1987 made their first contribution in [#9543](https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework/pull/9543)
-* @cheehong1030 made their first contribution in [#9563](https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework/pull/9563)
-* @amansharma612 made their first contribution in [#9590](https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework/pull/9590)
-* @Gluroda made their first contribution in [#9616](https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework/pull/9616)
-* @deepakangadi made their first contribution in [#9624](https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework/pull/9624)
-* @EXG1O made their first contribution in [#9633](https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework/pull/9633)
-* @decadenza made their first contribution in [#9640](https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework/pull/9640)
-* @mojtabaakbari221b made their first contribution in [#9063](https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework/pull/9063)
-* @mikemanger made their first contribution in [#9661](https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework/pull/9661)
-* @gbip made their first contribution in [#9667](https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework/pull/9667)
+* [`@maerteijn`](https://github.com/maerteijn) made their first contribution in [#9198](https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework/pull/9198)
+* [`@FraCata00`](https://github.com/FraCata00) made their first contribution in [#9444](https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework/pull/9444)
+* [`@AlvaroVega`](https://github.com/AlvaroVega) made their first contribution in [#9451](https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework/pull/9451)
+* [`@james`](https://github.com/james)-mchugh made their first contribution in [#9455](https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework/pull/9455)
+* [`@ifeanyidavid`](https://github.com/ifeanyidavid) made their first contribution in [#9479](https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework/pull/9479)
+* [`@p`](https://github.com/p)-schlickmann made their first contribution in [#9480](https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework/pull/9480)
+* [`@akkuman`](https://github.com/akkuman) made their first contribution in [#9505](https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework/pull/9505)
+* [`@rafaelgramoschi`](https://github.com/rafaelgramoschi) made their first contribution in [#9509](https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework/pull/9509)
+* [`@Sinaatkd`](https://github.com/Sinaatkd) made their first contribution in [#9521](https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework/pull/9521)
+* [`@gtkacz`](https://github.com/gtkacz) made their first contribution in [#9535](https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework/pull/9535)
+* [`@sliverc`](https://github.com/sliverc) made their first contribution in [#9556](https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework/pull/9556)
+* [`@gabrielromagnoli1987`](https://github.com/gabrielromagnoli1987) made their first contribution in [#9543](https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework/pull/9543)
+* [`@cheehong1030`](https://github.com/cheehong1030) made their first contribution in [#9563](https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework/pull/9563)
+* [`@amansharma612`](https://github.com/amansharma612) made their first contribution in [#9590](https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework/pull/9590)
+* [`@Gluroda`](https://github.com/Gluroda) made their first contribution in [#9616](https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework/pull/9616)
+* [`@deepakangadi`](https://github.com/deepakangadi) made their first contribution in [#9624](https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework/pull/9624)
+* [`@EXG1O`](https://github.com/EXG1O) made their first contribution in [#9633](https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework/pull/9633)
+* [`@decadenza`](https://github.com/decadenza) made their first contribution in [#9640](https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework/pull/9640)
+* [`@mojtabaakbari221b`](https://github.com/mojtabaakbari221b) made their first contribution in [#9063](https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework/pull/9063)
+* [`@mikemanger`](https://github.com/mikemanger) made their first contribution in [#9661](https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework/pull/9661)
+* [`@gbip`](https://github.com/gbip) made their first contribution in [#9667](https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework/pull/9667)
 
 **Full Changelog**: https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework/compare/3.15.2...3.16.0