[ARROW-15337] [Doc] New contributors guide updates

• Type: Sub-task
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 7.0.0
• Component/s: Documentation
• Labels: pull-request-available
• External issue URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/30824
• Assignee: Alenka Frim
• Reporter: Nicola Crane
• Created: 14/Jan/22 09:02
• Updated: 11/Jan/23 11:36
• Resolved: 17/Jan/22 09:57

Description

index

• do we need the hyperlink to the Arrow homepage on the first mention of Arrow?  And we should refer to it as Apache Arrow.
• why are we running tests as the third step? we should briefly explain here

architectural overview - currently bullet points don't have links

communication
 - Mailing List should be plural

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #12167