Thanks. I was actually asking about w.wiki but I responded to the wrong thread. 
:)

> On Apr 3, 2019, at 7:36 AM, Johanna Strodt <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
> 
> Hi James,
> 
> thanks! Reference Previews work on MediaWiki wikis, and 
> Wikimediafoundation.org isn't a wiki (anymore).
> 
> Using Reference Previews should work everywhere out of the box where you can 
> install the Popups extension, because it doesn't need any special backend 
> service. For more information regarding the specific extension settings, 
> please have a look at the extension manual.
> 
> Hope this helps,
> Johanna
> 
>> Am Mi., 3. Apr. 2019 um 14:32 Uhr schrieb James Hare <[email protected]>:
>> This is great news!
>> 
>> Two clarifying questions: (1) Is Wikimediafoundation.org part of the 
>> service? (2) I am assuming wmflabs.org is explicitly not included as an 
>> environment with fewer guarantees; can you confirm?
>> 
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> James
>> 
>>> On Apr 3, 2019, at 1:43 AM, Johanna Strodt <[email protected]> 
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> // sorry for cross-posting
>>> 
>>> Hello,
>>> 
>>> readers of an article who want to check the article’s citation have to jump 
>>> down to the reference section – and that is disturbing their reading flow. 
>>> Hence, it was a top wish[1] from the German Wikipedia community to have 
>>> previews of references inside the article text. 
>>> 
>>> That’s what the Reference Previews feature does: When you hover over a 
>>> footnote marker or click on it, you’ll see a little pop-up with the content 
>>> of the reference. This pop-up is similar to the Page Previews[2] pop-ups, 
>>> which show previews of linked articles. Reference Previews are also 
>>> influenced by the Reference Tooltips gadget, which is used in several 
>>> Wikipedias. Additionally, Reference Previews indicate the type of a 
>>> reference, which is meant to help readers assess quickly if they consider 
>>> the cited source trustworthy. First tests have confirmed this to be helpful.
>>>  
>>> Reference Previews are being developed by Wikimedia Germany’s Technical 
>>> Wishes[3] team, with technical support from the Wikimedia Foundation’s 
>>> Reading Web[4] team. The design for this feature is being done by the WMF.
>>> 
>>> Now, a very first version of Reference Previews will be available as a beta 
>>> feature on German and Arabic Wikipedia. The deployment is planned for 
>>> Thursday, April 4. If you want to test it, please have a look at the 
>>> information for activating the beta feature.[5]  Feedback is very welcome 
>>> on the central talk page![6] 
>>> If you want to try Reference Previews at an early stage on your wiki, 
>>> please let us know on the central talk page.[6]
>>> 
>>> More information about the wish and the feature can be found on the project 
>>> page.[7] 
>>> 
>>> Best,
>>> Johanna for the Technical Wishes team
>>> 
>>> [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMDE_Technical_Wishes/ReferencePreviews
>>> [2] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Page_Previews 
>>> [3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMDE_Technical_Wishes
>>> [4] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Reading/Web 
>>> [5] 
>>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMDE_Technical_Wishes/ReferencePreviews#Try_the_beta_feature
>>>  
>>> [6] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help_talk:Reference_Previews 
>>> [7] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMDE_Technical_Wishes/ReferencePreviews
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