# New "good first issue" label in Slicer issue tracker

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/new-good-first-issue-label-in-slicer-issue-tracker/11732>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [May 27, 2020, 2:09pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/new-good-first-issue-label-in-slicer-issue-tracker/11732 "2020-05-27T14:09:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![jcfr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/jcfr/32/17825_2.png) [@jcfr](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/jcfr)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2020, 2:09pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/new-good-first-issue-label-in-slicer-issue-tracker/11732/1 "2020-05-27T14:09:20Z")

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## New “good first issue” label

To help identify issues relevant for new contributors, we just added the [good first issue](https://github.com/Slicer/Slicer/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22good+first+issue%22) label to the issue tracker.

## What is the a “good first issue” ?

There are no single way to answer this question.

Such an issue could be defined as _an issue that does not require an understanding of the overall architecture_.

That said, even that attempt to a definition is quite general and unclear.

The bottom line is to be welcoming, patient and supportive of new contributors by spending some time guiding them.

## Additional references

- [https://help.github.com/en/github/building-a-strong-community/encouraging-helpful-contributions-to-your-project-with-labels](https://help.github.com/en/github/building-a-strong-community/encouraging-helpful-contributions-to-your-project-with-labels)

- [https://github.blog/2020-01-22-how-we-built-good-first-issues/](https://github.blog/2020-01-22-how-we-built-good-first-issues/)

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**Author:** ![Fernando](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/fernando/32/5640_2.png) [@Fernando](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Fernando)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2020, 4:46pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/new-good-first-issue-label-in-slicer-issue-tracker/11732/2 "2020-05-29T16:46:23Z")

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Thanks @pieper for your patient guidance during [my first issue ever](http://slicer-users-archive.65878.n3.nabble.com/Perceptually-uniform-colormaps-td4031036.html) 🙂