https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=49087

--- Comment #4 from Ryan Kaldari <[email protected]> ---
>I would think it would be more useful to have the edit in the log because once
>it scrolls off your notification flyout/page, how else are you going to
>remember what it was?

Thanks are intended to be ephemeral. I wouldn't expect someone to go trawling
through the logs to find old thanks for themselves. That's not the intended use
of the logging.

>Also, having it public in the log (which I'm sure few will find) will make it
>easy to validate claims of people sarcastically thanking people in an attempt
>to harass them.

This seems like a more realistic use case and one that is probably worth
discussing. Although I think there are far more effective ways to harass people
on Wikipedia, it is a possible issue. My personal opinion would be to wait and
see if this actually emerges as an issue before changing the log entries. I can
also imagine cases where not including the edit may actually reduce conflict.
For example, if you want to thank an editor for reverting a persistent vandal
or POV-pusher, or you want to thank an admin who warned an editor who was
harassing you. Just some things to think about.

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