Add Thank link on Recent Changes pages
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	Feb 22 2015, 8:06 PM

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This is a feature request. See this discussion which explains the request: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(technical)/Archive_134#Thank_link_on_Recent_Changes_pages

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It would be convenient if there was a Thank link on Recent Changes pages, on each line like how they work in page histories. I use RC pages a lot for patrolling changes, and having a Thank link there would reduce steps I take to thank other users.

It has been suggested that a user should actually view a diff before thanking someone for it, but indeed, I can do that from the Recent Changes page. I can hover over the diff to see it. So, it would be nice if I can "thank" from there without additional navigation.

I should clarify that I'm not asking for the 'Thank' link to be in the diff popup, just on each Recent Changes entry like they appear in each History entry.

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This may also be useful for watchlists, although there it is more difficult to see a cluster of work by an editor one may wish to thank.

Aklapper added a project: MediaWiki-Recent-changes.Jul 23 2015, 9:08 AM

darthbhyrava mentioned this in T129049: Pywikibot support for Thanks.Mar 20 2016, 3:14 AM

As of April 2016, the diff popup features "send thanks" as an action. I'd prefer to have this on each line of RC per my request, but at least this gadget update is useful.

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It has been suggested that a user should actually view a diff before thanking someone for it, but indeed, I can do that from the Recent Changes page. I can hover over the diff to see it.

By "I can hover over the diff to see it." you mean using the Popups gadget ? If yes, as this gadget already allow to thanks for an edit as you said, this argument is not validate.

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Framawiki renamed this task from Thank link on Recent Changes pages to Add Thank link on Recent Changes pages.Aug 30 2018, 5:22 PM

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Framawiki mentioned this in T58155: Add thanks links to Special:NewPages.Aug 30 2018, 5:45 PM

Framawiki mentioned this in T51541: Add "thanks" links to Special:Watchlist and Special:Contributions.Aug 30 2018, 5:48 PM

matej_suchanek merged a task: T210571: Thank for a page deletion.Dec 31 2018, 10:03 AM

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