User Interaction Consultation/Hovercards for non-logged in users

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Brief Description[edit]

Showing hovercard information to readers can increase curiosity (citation needed) and perhaps increase reader engagement (research needed).

If you haven't seen this feature, try it out here by:

  1. logging into wikipedia on our desktop version of the site
  2. clicking on "Beta" in the top-right menu.
  3. Selecting "hovercards"
  4. Clicking "save"
  5. Go to any article and hover the mouse over a link.

Problem it solves[edit]

Non-logged users do not see any additional information about the page behind the blue link when hovering over it. It could increase engagement by showing readers the additional comment.


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