Merge pull request #1110 from tapaswenipathak/ticket-1052

Add info about Good First Issues on GitHub

Author: mlinksva

_articles/best-practices.md

@@ -172,6 +172,8 @@ You don't have to do everything yourself. Your project's community exists for a
 
 If you're looking for others to pitch in, start by asking around.
 
+One way to gain new contributors is to explicitly [label issues that are simple enough for beginners to tackle](https://help.github.com/en/articles/helping-new-contributors-find-your-project-with-labels). GitHub will then surface these issues in various places on the platform, increasing their visibility.
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 When you see new contributors making repeated contributions, recognize their work by offering more responsibility. Document how others can grow into leadership roles if they wish.
 
 Encouraging others to [share ownership of the project](../building-community/#share-ownership-of-your-project) can greatly reduce your own workload, as @lmccart discovered on her project, [p5.js](https://github.com/processing/p5.js).

_articles/building-community.md

@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ Start with your documentation:
 
 * **Make it easy for someone to use your project.** [A friendly README](../starting-a-project/#writing-a-readme) and clear code examples will make it easier for anyone who lands on your project to get started.
 * **Clearly explain how to contribute**, using [your CONTRIBUTING file](../starting-a-project/#writing-your-contributing-guidelines) and keeping your issues up-to-date.
+* **Good first issues**: To help new contributors get started, consider explicitly [labeling issues that are simple enough for beginners to tackle](https://help.github.com/en/articles/helping-new-contributors-find-your-project-with-labels). GitHub will then surface these issues in various places on the platform, increasing useful contributions, and reducing friction from users tackling issues that are too hard for their level.
 
 [GitHub's 2017 Open Source Survey](http://opensourcesurvey.org/2017/) showed incomplete or confusing documentation is the biggest problem for open source users. Good documentation invites people to interact with your project. Eventually, someone will open an issue or pull request. Use these interactions as opportunities to move them down the funnel.
 

_articles/how-to-contribute.md

@@ -218,6 +218,8 @@ You might scan a README and find a broken link or a typo. Or you're a new user a
 
 > [28% of casual contributions](https://www.igor.pro.br/publica/papers/saner2016.pdf) to open source are documentation, such as a typo fix, reformatting, or writing a translation.
 
+If you're looking for existing issues you can fix, every open source project has a `/contribute` page that highlights beginner-friendly issues you can start out with. Navigate to the main page of the repository on GitHub, and add `/contribute` at the end of the URL (for example [`https://github.com/facebook/react/contribute`](https://github.com/facebook/react/contribute)).
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 You can also use one of the following resources to help you discover and contribute to new projects:
 
 * [GitHub Explore](https://github.com/explore/)