[WikiEN-l] On cultural sensitivity

Sat Apr 16 19:59:29 UTC 2005

Tony Sidaway wrote:

>Jimmy Wales said:
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>
>>First, whenever possible I think people should try to see if a "link"
>>solution is helpful.  It does not reduce the educational value of an
>>article by much if a potentially disturbing image is put behind a link
>>instead of being shown by default inline.
>>    
>>
>
>I think this is a good idea where a photograph is of subsidiary
>importance.  I think it would have be a poor choice for illustrating
>topics where the image and the text are best seen together  Nobody has to
>download the inline image, but if the Wikipedia editors link the image
>instead of inlining there is no easy way for the reader can see both the
>image and the text it is supposed to illustrate.
>Inlining is *always* more flexible.  If you link an image, you are *taking
>choice away from the reader.*
>
It seems to me that allowing a person to click on a link give a lot more 
choice to the reader than being forced to see (or not see) an image.  
Have I somehow misunderstood the difference between "inlining" and 
"linking"?  If so, I must make it clear that I support clicking to give 
more choice to the reader.

Ec