[Wikimedia-l] Thanking anonymous users

[David Gerard]

Yeah. It shouldn't be like welcome messages, it should be specifically
for thanking for good edits.

But this is a cultural issue, not a software issue.

On 10 January 2014 21:30, Kevin Rutherford <ktr101 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> The downside of this is when we inevitably start thanking vandals by accident.
>
> Kevin Rutherford
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Jan 10, 2014, at 4:03 PM, "David Gerard" <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On 10 January 2014 20:28, Oliver Keyes <okeyes at wikimedia.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> For 1: because it'd be impossible to accurately associate notifications
>>> with the person, I assume.
>>
>>
>>
>> Apparently that's the reason.
>>
>> However, being able to thank IP contributors for their contribution
>> would be FANTASTIC. Saying "thank you" to casual drive-by contributors
>> would give them quite a buzz, I'd think.
>>
>> Perhaps a timeout? Say, you can thank an IP for their edit within 1
>> hour? We can experiment and see what time gives the best amount of
>> thanks versus mistakes.
>>
>>
>> - d.
>>
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