Ha! Okay, that makes more sense. :) James Hare <[email protected]> schrieb am Mi., 3. Apr. 2019, 15:44:
> 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 <http://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 > <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Popups>. > > 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 >> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMDE_Technical_Wishes/ReferencePreviews> >> >> [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 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikitech-ambassadors mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-ambassadors >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikitech-ambassadors mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-ambassadors >> > > > -- > Johanna Strodt > Projektmanagerin Kommunikation Communitys Technische Wunschliste > > Wikimedia Deutschland e. V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin > Tel. (030) 219 158 26-0 > https://wikimedia.de > > Unsere Vision ist eine Welt, in der alle Menschen am Wissens der > Menschheit teilhaben, es nutzen und mehren können. Helfen Sie uns dabei! > https://spenden.wikimedia.de > > Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V. > Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter > der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für > Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207. > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-ambassadors mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-ambassadors > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-ambassadors mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-ambassadors >
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