Hi everyone,
This study was shared with me this morning and discusses how "informal rewards" (barnstars) do make a significant impact on the contributions and productivity of editors.
http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0034358
It's a quick read, and helps to solidify the research and theories that a number of us have theorized about.
Give a little wikilove today to a new experienced editor, it really does make a difference :)
-Sarah
On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 12:16 AM, Sarah Stierch sarah.stierch@gmail.com wrote:
Hi everyone,
This study was shared with me this morning and discusses how "informal rewards" (barnstars) do make a significant impact on the contributions and productivity of editors.
http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0034358
It's a quick read, and helps to solidify the research and theories that a number of us have theorized about.
Give a little wikilove today to a new experienced editor, it really does make a difference :)
-Sarah
Hi Sarah, I've been meaning to ask this for awhile but didn't know where. This seems as good an opportunity as any. :)
Something I find offputting about the wikilove awards is that they leave an edit summary of "new WikiLove message". I've only used it once because of that, and if I use it again I'll paste in my own message and image rather than use the template.
Do you know whether there's a way individuals can change those edit summaries, or can the template be tweaked centrally so it doesn't automatically do that? I'm just thinking that if I was put off by the edit summary, others might be too.
Sarah
On 2 April 2012 23:40, Sarah slimvirgin@gmail.com wrote:
On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 12:16 AM, Sarah Stierch sarah.stierch@gmail.com wrote:
Hi everyone,
This study was shared with me this morning and discusses how "informal rewards" (barnstars) do make a significant impact on the contributions
and
productivity of editors.
http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0034358
It's a quick read, and helps to solidify the research and theories that a number of us have theorized about.
Give a little wikilove today to a new experienced editor, it really does make a difference :)
-Sarah
Hi Sarah, I've been meaning to ask this for awhile but didn't know where. This seems as good an opportunity as any. :)
Something I find offputting about the wikilove awards is that they leave an edit summary of "new WikiLove message". I've only used it once because of that, and if I use it again I'll paste in my own message and image rather than use the template.
Do you know whether there's a way individuals can change those edit summaries, or can the template be tweaked centrally so it doesn't automatically do that? I'm just thinking that if I was put off by the edit summary, others might be too.
Ah Sarah (SV Sarah), you've taken the words out of my mouth. I don't use WikiLove templates for this very reason, and I know that some people use them specifically because they know the edit summary will annoy the recipient.
Perhaps either a user-specified edit summary or a simple "New message for you" summary would be more...ummm....user-friendly? I quite like the concept and would probably use WikiLove if not for that summary.
Risker/Anne
On 4/2/12 11:40 PM, Sarah wrote:
Hi Sarah, I've been meaning to ask this for awhile but didn't know where. This seems as good an opportunity as any. :)
Hi to you other Sarah :) (Hehehe!)
Something I find offputting about the wikilove awards is that they leave an edit summary of "new WikiLove message". I've only used it once because of that, and if I use it again I'll paste in my own message and image rather than use the template.
Do you know whether there's a way individuals can change those edit summaries, or can the template be tweaked centrally so it doesn't automatically do that? I'm just thinking that if I was put off by the edit summary, others might be too.
I can see how that can be off-putting for sure. Sometimes even I go "ergh, wikilove," and I'd rather have my edit saying "A barnstar for you!" or "Here's a brownie..nom" or whatever I might be in the mood for.
But sadly, on that note, I have no idea if it's able to be changed. We'll have to ask Kaldari, as wikilove his is grand creation! (ala Frankenstein!)
So...we shall await his response!
-Sarah