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> Date: Thu, 22 May 2014 01:47:03 +0100
> From: Richard Nevell <richard.nevell@wikimedia.org.uk>
> To: Editor Engagement <ee@lists.wikimedia.org>
> Cc: Wikimedia developers <wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org>, Danny Horn
> <dhorn@wikimedia.org>
> Subject: Re: [EE] [Wikitech-l] That you to anonymous users
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> Considering people deliver warnings via Huggle etc to IP editors, perhaps
> allowing a thanks to be sent wouldn't be such a bad idea.
>
> I realise it's purely anecdotal, but if it was available I reckon I'd use
> 'thanks' for anonymous users making changes as often as logged in editors.
>
>
> On 21 May 2014 23:35, David Gerard <dgerard@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > If only I was a developer of any sort ;-)
> >
> >
> > On 21 May 2014 21:56, Fabrice Florin <fflorin@wikimedia.org> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi David,
> >>
> >> I am delighted that you are interested in extending the Thanks feature we
> >> released last year, so it can be used to thank more users.
> >>
> >> I am no longer working on this project, but am not aware of any changes
> >> that would make it easier to thank anonymous users: IP addresses are still
> >> as unreliable now as they were a year ago.
> >>
> >> But I have Cc:d Danny Horn, the new product manager for core features
> >> like Flow and Notifications, so he can chime in from his viewpoint.
> >>
> >> Personally, I would love to see the Thanks feature be used even more than
> >> it is today, as it seems like such a civilized way to show appreciation to
> >> each other :)
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >>
> >>
> >> Fabrice
> >>
> >>
> >> On May 20, 2014, at 7:56 AM, David Gerard <dgerard@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> On 20 May 2014 15:35, Strainu <strainu10@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> I've recently noticed the "Thank you" feature is only available for
> >> signed-in users, while anons cannot receive "thank yous". The
> >> anonymous users are often the ones that would need encouraging the
> >> most, so it would make sense to me to have this feature available to
> >> them too.
> >> Are there significant technical problems against such a change?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> I asked for this on the editor engagement list too. Fabrice said: [1]
> >>
> >> "Sadly, we couldn't make this feature available for anonymous users,
> >> as you have to be registered to receive notifications right now. This
> >> is because IP addresses cannot be trusted to deliver notifications to
> >> the users they were intended to. I don't expect we'll change that
> >> anytime soon. We should all encourage anonymous user to register if
> >> they want to enjoy the same benefits as other members."
> >>
> >> Fabrice, is this still the case? Are there ways around this?
> >>
> >> * I suppose session cookies for anons just to possibly thank them is a
> >> bit excessive.
> >> * Could limit "thanks" to a short time after the edit (limiting either
> >> sending or receiving).
> >>
> >> Any other ways we could implement this with minimal false-positives on
> >> thanking people? If that's considered a problem :-)
> >>
> >>
> >> - d.
> >>
> >> [1] http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/ee/2013-July/000525.html
> >>
> >>
> >> _______________________________
> >>
> >> Fabrice Florin
> >> Product Manager
> >> Wikimedia Foundation
> >>
> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Fabrice_Florin_(WMF)
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
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