*Warning* .. Don't send this type of useless mails to me again. On Mon, Nov 20, 2023 at 6:04 PM Johanna Strodt <[email protected]> wrote:
> > *//apologies for cross-posting//* > > Hello everyone. A feature called Reference Previews > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMDE_Technical_Wishes/ReferencePreviews> > will soon be available on all wikis that are using the Popups extension, > precisely on all Wikipedias and some Wikivoyages. Deployment is planned for > November 21 (not on Nov 22, as announced on village pumps last week). > > *What are Reference Previews?* > > It’s possible that you have already seen Reference Previews, as they have > been a beta feature on many wikis since 2019 and a default feature on some > since 2021. Reference Previews are little popups for references. Such > popups have existed on wikis as local gadgets for many years. Now there is > a central solution, available globally, and consistent with the PagePreviews > feature <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Page_Previews>. > > *How do they work?* > > These popups will be visible to everyone, including readers. If you don’t > want to see them, you can opt out > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMDE_Technical_Wishes/ReferencePreviews#Opt-out_feature>. > If you are using the gadgets > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-gadgets> > Reference Tooltips or Navigation Popups, you won’t see Reference Previews > unless you disable the gadget. Wikis with Reference Tooltips or Navigation > Popups as a default gadget can decide to make these gadgets no longer a > default, in order to show Reference Previews as a default instead. > > *Reference types* > > It’s worth noting that this new feature allows you to show the type of > reference in the popup. This type can be specified via CSS classes > <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Reference_Previews#How_to_assign_a_reference_type_to_your_reference>, > either individually for each reference, or – preferably – by adding the > classes directly to the relevant citation templates. > > *Links* > > Interface texts for this feature can be translated here > <https://translatewiki.net/wiki/Special:Translate/ext-popups?group=ext-popups>. > If you’re curious, please have a look at the project page with more > information > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMDE_Technical_Wishes/ReferencePreviews> (in > English), or the translated help page > <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Reference_Previews>. Feedback is, as > always, welcome on this talk page > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:WMDE_Technical_Wishes/ReferencePreviews> > . > > With regards from Wikimedia Deutschland’s Technical Wishes team > > Johanna Strodt > > > -- > Johanna Strodt > Project Manager Community Communications for the Technical Wishes project > > *Community Communications Lead* > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-ambassadors mailing list -- > [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to > [email protected] >
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