I think Oliver is probably correct that hooking in to these pre-existing queues is the right approach. The one question I'd have is: what volume of edits are actually being marked as helpful?On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 2:26 PM, Oliver Keyes <okeyes@wikimedia.org> wrote:
So, I feel strongly that Huggle and ClueBot integration is frankly all the positive notification we need for edits alone. I can gather some data on it, but I'm pretty sure they cover the vast majority of incoming edits. I'm also wary of sticking another interface element in page histories or diffs (already crammed), since it increases the footprint of Echo and the chances people might grumble about it.
I would say focusing on one method where we know users are getting positive feedback, and then iterating on that, is a good approach. Also: am I correct in assuming that we have the "marked as patrolled" notification for page creators?I would say that adding the "mark as helpful" button is a larger change than you think, and likely to cause a stir. I would proceed with caution there, because in addition to the noise you'll generate from putting _anything_ new on histories and diffs, we need to build a positive feedback mechanism that is going to work in the long term, and which we think experienced users will actually use in a large scale way. This is not a trivial ux problem, as you can see from the tale of the MoodBar/Feedback Dashboard story: we can always get newbies to generate a new queue of activity. But changing the habits of experienced editors with lots to do is hard.
--Steven Walling
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