I think there is much potential of new coders wanting to participate to projects, but they just don't know how and where. They maybe used a project a bit and stumbeld over bad documentation or not working examples ..

So in theory, helping with documentation and fixing that would be a good start for them. But it takes confidence to tell someone, especially when you are a newb, that your documentation is sh*t and that you could help with that.

So if projects are more open for that - and explicitly say that, that they are open and thankful for that(also for beginners) - it could be a huge benefit for everyone ...