[Wikimedia-l] Thanking anonymous users

[Andrea Zanni]

Agreed.
It's nice to feel the community behind Wikipedia (well, when it doesn't
bite you)
and the feeling that somebody noticed you fixed a typo is even nicer.

Aubrey


On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 6:20 PM, Samuel Klein <meta.sj at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 10:12 AM, Nathan <nawrich at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 10:10 AM, Bjoern Hoehrmann <derhoermi at gmx.net>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > * Nathan wrote:
> > > >We should thank them for editing using a major banner, a la the
> > > fundraiser.
> > >
> > > That would make many editors very annoyed and angry and drive them
> away.
> >
> > I very seriously doubt that is the case.... Banners irritate
> > people, but anyone with a sincere interest in contributing to Wikimedia
> > should be able to accept the necessity of maintaining both the financial
> > and human resources of the movement.
> >
>
> This is just what I was going to say.  That would be charming; we could
> ensure that each IP only sees it once per year.  SJ
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