add newcomer tag to the BTS

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+[[!meta title="Adding a newcomer (⎈) tag to the BTS"]]
+
+Some of you may already be aware of the
+[gift tag](https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?tag=gift;users=debian-qa@lists.debian.org)
+which has been used for a while to indicate bugs which are suitable
+for new contributors to use as an entry point to working on specific
+packages. Unfortunately, some of us (including me!) were unaware that
+this tag even existed.
+
+Luckily, Lucas Nussbaum clued me in to the existence of this tag, and
+after a brief bike-shed-naming thread, and some
+[voting using pocket_devotee](http://git.donarmstrong.com/?p=bin.git;a=blob_plain;f=pocket_devotee;hb=fbd5071cf1eb41f9fc62325a6142dd10a41f1717)
+we decided to name the new tag newcomer, and I have now added this tag
+to the BTS documentation, and tagged all of the bugs which were user
+tagged "gift" with this tag.
+
+If you have bugs in your package which you think are ideal for new
+contributors to Debian (or your package) to fix, please tag them
+newcomer. If you're getting started in Debian, and working on bugs to
+fix, please
+[search for the newcomer tag](http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?tag=newcomer),
+grab the helm, and contribute to Debian.
+
+[[!tag debian tech debbugs]]