geni wrote:
If some
information is missing, then people will wonder what else is
missing. And that will lead to mistrust. And to be a mistrusted
encyclopedia is worse than reformatting the hard drives.
What information is lost if we don't include the image?
Well, the information the image provides would be lost, I suppose.
However, generally people aren't suggesting we don't include the images
at all, but merely include them as links, so it would seem to be
impossible for any information to be lost---exactly the same information
will be present, just navigable in a different manner. Sort of like how
old-style books that had figure plates instead of inline figures (due to
the printing methods used) did not have less information, merely
information in a different order.
-Mark