Special:Badtitle/NS90:Forum:Tech Wishlist And Bug Reports/Link popups

I noticed today that mw:Extension:Popups is installed here; I didn't notice any evidence of this in the past. I am not sure whose decision that was or how much control the folks in charge of ATT have over the extensions in place, but nonetheless I would like to voice an objection. The many piped links on this site are, IMHO, far more helpful if hovering over them shows the page title rather than a sample of text from the page. The current situation makes it more confusing to sort out what the link is about unless one clicks on it, which should be an unnecessary use of one's time; the previous situation made it easy to convey the point of a piped link because often all one needed to do was see the tooltip. If the reader wishes to see the contents of the page, they need only click on it. Forcing the reader to see part of the page content by merely mousing over the link overestimates how important it really is to see that -- it is presumptuous. Finally, any change whatsoever was unnecessary, as there was and is no need to see any kind of page preview, merely the name of the page, and as stated, those wishing to see the page have the option of clicking on it. The Popups extension is redundant and obfuscatory.

If there is no way for anyone who reads these forums to rectify this situation, or if it is deemed truly the best way for things to be, it might be advisable to create a gadget that made it possible to nullify its effects.