On 8/2/06, Timwi <timwi(a)gmx.net> wrote:
I quite agree with this. Accordingly, I would endorse
a movement whereby
short articles are allowed to accrue a gallery of images at the bottom
(optionally with the "show/hide" links to keep frenetic clickers happy).
Nevertheless, those images should eventually be incorporated into the
article as it grows. Remember that people primarily come to Wikipedia
for encyclopedic articles. If someone were to specifically look for
pictures, well, that's what the links to Commons are there for.
Yep. There seems to be disagreement about what happens when a long
article has too many images though (too many meaning, if they were all
laid top to bottom without overlapping, they would be longer than the
text). Some responses I've seen:
* Try and cram them in anyway :)
* Stick the "surplus" in a "gallery" section down the bottom
* Move the surplus to a separate article called "Images of X" (not a
fan of this)
* Just leave out the excess and possibly point to a category or Commons.
Steve