svrnm
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1 month ago Hey @zacharyrgonzales, thanks for your feedback yesterday and for raising this issue!
Move contributor guide link to towards the top of the README.md
That's a good idea. The "Get Involved" section at the top of the Readme could profit from that link
Add prominent "Start Contributing" button in docs navigation
That's a separate discussion for an issue over at https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io
Add instructions to find pick an open issue with the "good first issue" label
There are some details to that in processes.md but they indeed need some more details. Adding links and a tutorial would be helpful!
Add a table with all the repositories and what they mean
I also think that will be helpful. We need to keep in mind that some repositories are not within that scope or for different purposes (e.g. the .github repository), but we still can list them. If we create such a list we also need to consider that new repositories have to be added there (that needs to be added to this guide
@zacharyrgonzales if you'd like to help with that I recommend to go through that list one by one. So you tackle one item, we work on the PR and then we address the next one. wdyt?
zacharyrgonzales
Affected Repository
https://github.com/open-telemetry/community
Requested changes
I want to make the new contributor guide easier to find
Add instructions to find pick an open issue with the "good first issue" label
Add a table with all the repositories and what they mean
Purpose
To improve the new contributor experience by making it easier to find contribution opportunities and understand the OpenTelemetry project structure. This will help reduce barriers to entry and increase the number of active contributors.
Expected Duration
2-3 weeks. This includes time for implementing changes, getting community feedback, and iterating on the documentation structure.
Repository Maintainers
@svrnm