Yes, please. I'm often frustrated at not being able to use Thanks from my watchlist.

Building in both Thanks and a reply feature for individual edits is something that Wiki Education Foundation is planning to try for the RecentActivityFeed course monitoring tool we're working on. In its first iteration [1], the feed will include inline diffs (as adapted from Writ Keeper's awesome user script [2]), so that users can see the details of edits without leaving the page. It makes sense from there to make it easier to both Thank users and post messages related to individual diffs. I suspect it would be a major boon to editor engagement — for Thanks usage in particular — if the inline diffs concept was adapted to be an easily accessible option for all users. [1] = http://education.wmflabs.org/w/index.php?title=Education_Program:WikiWorks/… [2] = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Writ_Keeper/Scripts/inlineDiffDocs -Sage On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 12:52 PM, Steven Walling <swalling(a)wikimedia.org> wrote: wikis. Thanks show delete, to _______________________________________________ EE mailing list EE(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/ee

On 11 September 2014 20:52, Steven Walling <swalling(a)wikimedia.org> wrote: delete, to Yep, more thanks is good. I urge again that it be made possible to thank IPs. I realise the problem is you might thank someone else, but then again nobody worries about threatening someone else over the previous user's bad edits ... we shouldn't worry too much about accidentally thanking someone for someone else's good edits. - d. _______________________________________________ EE mailing list EE(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/ee

On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 4:11 PM, Pine W <wiki.pine(a)gmail.com> wrote: You can already thank people for individual Flow posts/comments. -- Steven Walling, Product Manager https://wikimediafoundation.org/ _______________________________________________ EE mailing list EE(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/ee

On 09/11/2014 08:33 PM, Pine W wrote: This would need careful consideration. It could convert discussions of (sometimes complex) topics into competitions to rack up votes (even when it's not an "official" vote). This is part of why (IIRC) Thanks does not show a count. Matt Flaschen _______________________________________________ EE mailing list EE(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/ee

> I urge again that it be made possible to thank IPs.

If this is considered, it may be worth it to expose any warning in a positive way that encourages registration (e.g., "Since that was an anonymous edit, you may not be the person who did it. You can get a more accurate information on the impact of your edits by creating an account"). That could help anonymous users to get exposed to the advantages of registering (without forcing them to do).

Yep, more thanks is good. I urge again that it be made possible to thank IPs. I realise the problem is you might thank someone else, but then again nobody worries about threatening someone else over the previous user's bad edits ... we shouldn't worry too much about accidentally thanking someone for someone else's good edits.

(still it'd be fantastic to have)

On 12 September 2014 17:34, Steven Walling <swalling(a)wikimedia.org> wrote: Ah, OK! I didn't realise that complication factor ... (still it'd be fantastic to have) - d. _______________________________________________ EE mailing list EE(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/ee

James, please try assuming a bit of good faith - namely that Steven might occasionally work with experienced developers, and consult them on issues like this, given that he's the Product Manager for a major engineering team and all ;p. On 12 September 2014 14:28, James Salsman <jsalsman(a)gmail.com> wrote: -- Oliver Keyes Research Analyst Wikimedia Foundation _______________________________________________ EE mailing list EE(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/ee

No, I'm suggesting that the implication of the sentence "As cans of worms go, I'm pretty sure it would not be on the major end of the scale, if an experienced developer actually quantified it." is "Steven didn't do his job" - IOW, that he didn't consult with one of said experienced engineers. I appreciate that's probably not what you intended to communicate; it was, however, what was communicated.