Last modified: 2014-05-23 12:00:22 UTC
When I look at edits that anonymous users have made, there is no link to thank them. Some really good contributions are made by IP users and I don't see the reason for not being able to thank them for it.
Long wikimedia-l thread about it (100+ posts): http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2014-January/thread.html#129443 Marking bug 56828 as a blocker, though as MZMcBride pointed out (http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2014-January/129587.html), this could easily be done without Echo using a talk page post.
(In reply to Kunal Mehta (Legoktm) from comment #1) > MZMcBride pointed out > (http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2014-January/129587.html), > this could easily be done without Echo using a talk page post. This would completely break the interaction model of Thanks (that it's not about the individual showing off they've been thanked). Consider this a -2 (or, indeed, stronger) in advance of any such work being done.
(In reply to Kunal Mehta (Legoktm) from comment #1) > this could easily be done without Echo using a talk page post. There's also no need to use Thanks extension for thanks features, we've had them for 5+ years in patrolling gadgets. See [[m:Thanks]].
(In reply to James Forrester from comment #2) > This would completely break the interaction model of Thanks (that it's not > about the individual showing off they've been thanked). [[mw:Extension:Thanks]] doesn't seem to support what you're saying here. The purpose of the "Thanks" extension is to allow users to "thank other users for individual edits". You seem to be putting a means above an end. Sending an Echo notification is hardly the only means of transmitting an expression of gratitude for an edit from one user to another. I'm curious what interaction model you think would be disrupted here. > Consider this a -2 (or, indeed, stronger) in advance of any such work > being done. That's not really how -2 works, though you're welcome to express your thoughts and opinions on this enhancement request, of course.
