Finding First-Timer Issues

I was writing about what makes a good first-timer issue. I thought about this:

• It has reduced knowledge as a precondition. No need to understand everything.
• It could be
  • Finding translations.
  • Adding code for tests.
  • Style some HTML

What the have in common is that you need to understand the basics or you can learn them while you go.

I realized, that I claim that this is a good issue. I do not really know that. How can we measure it?

Then I came to the conclusion:

• All data on GitHub is open.
• No need to create a survey.
• We can look at existing repositories.

Then, we can calculate:

• How many first-timers are there
• What is the first-timer acceptance rate.

I started the project first_timer_scraper.

I scrapes the Github API to find first timer pull-requests. On the basis of this pull-request, the issue can be determined.

Also, it has an API which allows using the project from other applications.

I imagine badges:

• How many first-timers are there
• Acceptance rate of first-timer-contributions (k of n)