I don't understand why we need a "Like button" at all; it's open to personal interpretation and therefore can be in contravention of many policies, particularly NPOV. It's a bad idea, and should be strangled at birth. Feedback is much more sensibly achieved through more subtle means.

Hi Milos I am not quite sure I follow. "Those who like would have to go to diffs" ? "which would leave the button to more engaged editors"? I personally find the "like button" on Facebook the dumbest idea ever - it means you are too stupid or too lazy to think up anything and just go around clicking "like" all over the place. It impoverishes the process, as where there is a "like" there could have been a enriching comment. For a beautiful photo, yes, for an intelligent quotation, yes, but for everything else, leave a comment or leave it alone. What does the like refer to? If I add "police beat up protesters", and someone comes along and "likes" it, does the "like" refer to: 1. the police beating up the protesters? ("I support them!") 2. me contributing the information - regardless of its quality? ("this is news to me") 3. the fact that the information was good and well constructed? ("this is well written") See the point? Rui 2011/8/10 Milos Rancic <millosh(a)gmail.com> -- _________________________ Mobile Number in Namibia +264 81 445 1308 Número de Telemóvel na Namíbia +264 81 445 1308 I am away from Johannesburg - you cannot contact me on my South African numbers Estou fora de Joanesburgo - não poderá entrar em contacto comigo através dos meus números sul-africanos Rui Correia Advocacy, Human Rights, Media and Language Consultant Angola Liaison Consultant _______________ _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

M. Williamson Obviousy I post my thoughts where these make a contribution. It says so below "leave a comment or leave it alone". Rui 2011/8/10 M. Williamson <node.ue(a)gmail.com> seems where add does is is would https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l através -- _________________________ Mobile Number in Namibia +264 81 445 1308 Número de Telemóvel na Namíbia +264 81 445 1308 I am away from Johannesburg - you cannot contact me on my South African numbers Estou fora de Joanesburgo - não poderá entrar em contacto comigo através dos meus números sul-africanos Rui Correia Advocacy, Human Rights, Media and Language Consultant Angola Liaison Consultant _______________ _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Hmm, it'd be a neat extension for Commons. I don't think "like" or "+1" should be used, as they're not sufficiently wiki. But something that expresses the same sentiment, that allows users to express approval of

photos (similar to Flickr), could be cool. MZMcBride

MZMcBride wrote: Is the talk page not good enough?

We do have a great substitute for the like button which is barnstars and other awards.