Forum:ReferencePopups

Hi there, I've been meaning to ask, can ReferencePopups.js be considered being installed onto HPW at MediaWiki:Common.js? Not sure how familiar the general audience of this post would be, so um, the typical place to get a better grasping of what it is and what it does: w:c:dev:ReferencePopups.

Though there's ways for additional customizations, the basic installation is super quick without needing any alteration. For people who prefer visual demonstrations over words (the demo page on dev is for some reason not displaying), here's an example of the script in use: w:c:disney:Alice Through the Looking Glass; hover over any of the references and the actual references will show up.

While it is not a necessity, I'm bringing this up because, for Special:Longpages on HPW, I'm not sure why (or whether it'd happen on any other wikis), but clicking the ref number at the bottom in the attempt to go back to where one was previously reading, quite often, does not get one back to the correct place where they left off.

To be clear, on my end, the action of clicking a ref and being directed to the actual ref at the bottom, does not perform with problem: it's pretty accurate; however, it's going back to where you click the said ref, that some times have some inaccuracies. Upon receiving the click, the page would shift up as it should, but a lot of the times, other than generally trying to find where I left off, the shift itself was less than on point to begin with, making finding the place harder.

Like I said, I know it's not a "must", but overall, this script makes checking refs a lot quicker in the middle of reading an article.

(I am aware I can install it to my personal JS to see it used everywhere; but I think this script is convenient that all viewers of this wiki could benefit from)

With the installation being just copy and paste, really hope this can be considered.

Hope to hear from anyone ASAP, even if it's to reject the idea. (In that case, then it's time for me to head over my personal JS lmao.)

-- S a m m m ✦✧ (talk) 00:59, October 31, 2018 (UTC)