Wikipedia:Mouse!

Coming to a wiki near you in the near future. Mouse! is a new mediawiki feature to promote scholarly interactions and the introduction of more rigorous academic standards of behaviour on wiki.

This Request For Comment is seeking input from the community as to which options of Mouse! should be enabled here.

In its core or default mode Mouse! will enhance your editing experience by deducing your scholarly type from your Userboxen or edit history and changing the appearance and behaviour of your cursor accordingly. WereSpielChequers (talk) 23:02, 31 March 2016 (UTC)

Advanced options include:


 * Hamsterwheel

Worried that your mouse might get bored when you are asleep or otherwise distracted by real life? Never Fear! A solution is now at hand. With Hamsterwheel Wikimedia will entertain and educate your mouse when you are away from the screen. Just clear an area on your desk the size of a pizza box, place your mouse in it and leave your account logged in. NB please don't give your mouse access to the edge of the table when in Hamsterwheel mode, actually opening the pizza box and leaving the mouse inside is probably safest.

For the editor who truly cares about their Mouse's wellbeing, Wikimedia is delighted to present HamsterwheelPlus. HamsterwheelPlus is fully compatible with the new hamster wheel on sale at the Wikimedia Shop.
 * HamsterwheelPlus


 * SpamPurdah

SpamPurdah is a new quantum technology option for admins dealing with spammers. SpamPurdah gives articles a new quantum state between deleted and undeleted: "Only visible from user's IP address". Articles put into spampurdah are still fully viewable by their creator and anyone using the same IP address as their creator. But only viewable by them and by admins.


 * VandalMouse

Vandalmouse is a new admin only option for those vandals for whom an editing block is really not enough. Vandalmouse enables administrators to place software on a vandal's PC to distract their mouse at random intervals and move their cursor to random places on the screen.

Note some of the above options may not be available on mobile devices. WereSpielChequers (talk) 23:02, 31 March 2016 (UTC)