See previous discussion at T60485: [Epic] Allow thanks of log entry.

Change 643159 had a related patch set uploaded (by DannyS712; owner: DannyS712):
[mediawiki/extensions/Thanks@master] Allow thanking block log entries

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/643159

In https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/643159 @Jdforrester-WMF wrote:

Conversely, I think the reasons expressed fundamentally are "some communities are dysfunctional", which is more a reason to support the communities in fixing themselves rather than prevent this.

While most administrators will probably welcome any additional appreciation, I don't think it's hard to think of negative effects. Including some that don't need the community to be "dysfunctional". Let's start with the most basic question: Do we really want to encourage people to ban users? Or this one: Do administrators really want to be spammed with notifications for banning controversial accounts – without knowing if the clicks are serious or sarcastic?

Do we have numbers to back some of the assumptions we have? Without numbers this feels more like an experiment. Does WMF have the capacity to monitor the effects? Is the responsible PM willing to unroll this change when it turns out the negative effects aren't worth it?

In T268701#7167196, @thiemowmde wrote:

In https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/643159 @Jdforrester-WMF wrote:

Conversely, I think the reasons expressed fundamentally are "some communities are dysfunctional", which is more a reason to support the communities in fixing themselves rather than prevent this.

While most administrators will probably welcome any additional appreciation, I don't think it's hard to think of negative effects. Including some that don't need the community to be "dysfunctional". Let's start with the most basic question: Do we really want to encourage people to ban users? Or this one: Do administrators really want to be spammed with notifications for banning controversial accounts – without knowing if the clicks are serious or sarcastic?

Do we have numbers to back some of the assumptions we have? Without numbers this feels more like an experiment. Does WMF have the capacity to monitor the effects? Is the responsible PM willing to unroll this change when it turns out the negative effects aren't worth it?

Well, you can thank Admins for deleting pages, which can be just as controversial.

I have started an RfC on the English Wikipedia to discuss whether this should be done for the English Wikipedia. Any thoughts or feedback are welcome at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(proposals)#Thanking_administrators_for_blocks .

RfC closed with "[s]trong consensus not to implement". Permalink to the discussion is https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Village_pump_(proposals)&oldid=1155472906#Thanking_administrators_for_blocks . If this is enabled by default, it should be disabled for the English Wikipedia. Based on the RfC, it might suggest this should be closed as declined.

Change 643159 abandoned by Dreamy Jazz:

[mediawiki/extensions/Thanks@master] Allow thanking block log entries

Reason:

Associated task has been declined.

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/643159