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Not Wiki Loves X

WikiLove is a MediaWiki extension that allows a user to easily create a formatted message on another user's talk page. The purpose is to facilitate people expressing appreciation for one another and leaving "gifts," including barnstars.

There has been research on the effects of WikiLove: Research:WikiLove

Local wikis[edit]

In 2012, the community here on Meta-Wiki considered whether to enable the extension here, and decided against.

Pashto Wikipedia (ps.wiki) disables WikiLove for many users with the rationale that «Newbies are misusing wikilove instead using talk pages add new section» (see w:ps:MediaWiki:Common.js). The same on w:mzn: (Mazanderani).

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 '''[[mw:Extension:WikiLove|WikiLove]]''' is a MediaWiki extension that allows a user to easily create a formatted message on another user's talk page. The purpose is to facilitate people expressing appreciation for one another and leaving "gifts," including [[barnstars]].
-In 2012, the community here on Meta Wiki '''[[Meta:Babel/Archives/2012-05#Proposal:_Enable_WikiLove_on_Meta|considered]]''' whether to enable the extension here, and decided against.
 There has been research on the effects of WikiLove: [[Research:WikiLove]]
+== Local wikis ==
-As it has been a few years now, if you would like to have another discussion about enabling Wikilove on the Meta-wiki, sign below.  A significant demonstration of support ''for discussing this'' could be a basis for a renewed discussion.
+In 2012, the community here on Meta-Wiki '''[[Meta:Babel/Archives/2012-05#Proposal:_Enable_WikiLove_on_Meta|considered]]''' whether to enable the extension here, and decided against.
+[[w:ps:|Pashto Wikipedia]] (ps.wiki) disables WikiLove for many users with the rationale that «Newbies are misusing wikilove instead using talk pages add new section» (see [[w:ps:MediaWiki:Common.js]]). The same on [[w:mzn:]] ({{#language:mzn|en}}).
+[[Category:Community]]
-==Support for another discussion about enabling Wikilove==
+[[Category:MediaWiki extensions]]
-# [[User:Ijon|Ijon]] ([[User talk:Ijon|talk]]) 07:15, 18 May 2016 (UTC)
-# [[User:Bluerasberry|<span style="background:#cedff2;color:#11e">''' Blue Rasberry '''</span>]][[User talk:Bluerasberry|<span style="background:#cedff2;color:#11e">(talk)</span>]] 20:04, 18 May 2016 (UTC)
-#  [[User:Titodutta|Tito Dutta]] ([[User talk:Titodutta|talk]]) 13:28, 19 May 2016 (UTC)
-# Sure, it would be good to have a discussion that is well informed by research. On a side note though, the page you link, {{u|Ijon}} seems a bit opaque to me. It's difficult to decipher the conclusions from the hypotheses (the dates of the images under "results" are very similar to the proposal date), the dates are not clearly expressed on the main page, the strength of the conclusions, how (if at all) they were reviewed by others, etc. The banner at the top says it's "in progress," but the page hasn't been updated since 2012. In the intervening four years, at least one of the key personnel has left their position; and two of the other key personnel are listed as having "summer" positions, which would suggest they have not been working on this since. Perhaps, prior to opening such a discussion, somebody could synthesize and (if appropriate) expand the information presented, to support a better-informed deliberation. -[[User:Peteforsyth|Pete F]] ([[User talk:Peteforsyth|talk]]) 18:58, 19 May 2016 (UTC)
-#:(I was not the one who added the link to the Research namespace page.)  The best person I can think of to offer a summary of the current situation is [[User:Kaldari|Kaldari]]. [[User:Ijon|Ijon]] ([[User talk:Ijon|talk]]) 19:54, 19 May 2016 (UTC)
-#: Hi [[User:Peteforsyth|Pete F]]. I recently had a discussion with Ashton Anderson, one of the authors of [https://www.cs.cornell.edu/home/kleinber/www13-badges.pdf this work] to expand his research by bringing (a modified version of) some of his findings to Wikipedia, potentially by engaging some communities who are interested to experiment in this area. The hardest component of the work/research for introducing barnstars in a more systematic way to Wikipedia is getting the culture right. If you're interested in this topic, I'd be happy to start working on this project earlier rather than later. Just let me know. --[[User:LZia (WMF)|LZia (WMF)]] ([[User talk:LZia (WMF)|talk]]) 10:17, 20 May 2016 (UTC)
-#:: Continuing discussion on the [[Talk:WikiLove|talk page]] ({{u|Jmorgan (WMF)}}, {{u|Ijon}}, {{u|LZia (WMF)}}. -[[User:Peteforsyth|Pete F]] ([[User talk:Peteforsyth|talk]]) 17:41, 20 May 2016 (UTC)