On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 1:16 PM, Sage Ross <[email protected]> wrote:
> Yes, please. I'm often frustrated at not being able to use Thanks from > my watchlist. > +1 > Building in both Thanks and a reply feature for individual edits is > something that Wiki Education Foundation is planning to try for the > RecentActivityFeed course monitoring tool we're working on. In its > first iteration [1], the feed will include inline diffs (as adapted > from Writ Keeper's awesome user script [2]), so that users can see the > details of edits without leaving the page. It makes sense from there > to make it easier to both Thank users and post messages related to > individual diffs. > > I suspect it would be a major boon to editor engagement — for Thanks > usage in particular — if the inline diffs concept was adapted to be an > easily accessible option for all users. > > [1] = > http://education.wmflabs.org/w/index.php?title=Education_Program:WikiWorks/MediaWiki_Extension_Design_(Fall_2014)&days=30&from=&action=epcourseactivity > [2] = > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Writ_Keeper/Scripts/inlineDiffDocs > > -Sage > > On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 12:52 PM, Steven Walling <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > > > So I think by now, most of us have experienced the positive impact of the > > Thanks tool (https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Thanks) on our > wikis. > > > > I'd like to hear thoughts about adding the function to more places. > Thanks > > currently visible on... > > > > - Page histories > > - Diffs > > > > I'd like to propose that anywhere that I can undo or rollback an edit, I > > should be able to thank someone. If that location provides me enough > > information to revert an edit, surely it provides me enough context to > show > > gratitude as well. With that proposal in mind, some suggestions of new > > locations includes... > > > > - Watchlist > > - RecentChanges > > > > A slightly expanded scope might also include all public logs (move, > delete, > > patrol, etc.). This is requested already at > > https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=58485 but may be harder > to > > do. > > > > Thoughts? > > > > -- > > Steven Walling, > > Product Manager > > https://wikimediafoundation.org/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > EE mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/ee > > > > _______________________________________________ > EE mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/ee > -- Heather Walls Communications Design Manager WikimediaFoundation.org [email protected]
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