move issues for new contributors higher up on the page

ianhi · ianhi · commit bae3bade7c95 · 2021-02-04T16:54:32.000-05:00
it seems to pair well with the contributor incubator part, and it was somewhat hard to notice where it used to be.
diff --git a/doc/devel/contributing.rst b/doc/devel/contributing.rst
@@ -25,6 +25,19 @@ about the code, what makes for good documentation or a blog post, how to get inv
 in community work, or get "pre-review" on your PR.
 
 
+.. _new_contributors:
+
+Issues for New Contributors
+---------------------------
+
+New contributors should look for the following tags when looking for issues.
+We strongly recommend that new contributors tackle issues labeled
+`good first issue <https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/labels/good%20first%20issue>`_
+as they are easy, well documented issues, that do not require an understanding of
+the different submodules of Matplotlib.
+This helps the contributor become familiar with the contribution
+workflow, and for the core devs to become acquainted with the contributor.
+
 .. _submitting-a-bug-report:
 
 Submitting a bug report
@@ -218,20 +231,6 @@ tools:
 
 
 
-.. _new_contributors:
-
-Issues for New Contributors
----------------------------
-
-New contributors should look for the following tags when looking for issues.
-We strongly recommend that new contributors tackle issues labeled
-`good first issue <https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/labels/good%20first%20issue>`_
-as they are easy, well documented issues, that do not require an understanding of
-the different submodules of Matplotlib.
-This helps the contributor become familiar with the contribution
-workflow, and for the core devs to become acquainted with the contributor;
-besides which, we frequently underestimate how easy an issue is to solve!
-
 
 .. _contributing_documentation:
 
