> On Feb 5, 2015, at 12:41 PM, Daniel and Elizabeth Case > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hmm, I think the list of most-thanked people actually tells us more about >> who is doing the thanking. I see at least 5 names on that list that I >> recognise from my watchlist and therefore I may have thanked (statistically >> unlikely I would recognise 5 out of 10 random Wikipedia user names) and 2 of >> them I know I have thanked many times as we interact regularly in two >> different topic areas. > > My takeaway from that list, for enwiki at least, is that at least a few of > the names on it are admins very active in anti-vandalism work, so I would > guess a fair amount of the thanks they get are from people who've made > reports to AIV and are thankful for the ensuing block of the vandal (based on > my experience from when I was doing that heavily).
For an interesting twist, the #1 on the most-thanked list for the English Wikipedia is a previously banned editor who was unbanned and allowed back in. He has since become a superb editor. Goes to show … :) — Allie _______________________________________________ Gendergap mailing list [email protected] To manage your subscription preferences, including unsubscribing, please visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap
