geni said:
But how do I know there is an image there in advance? Strangly no
matter how much I mess around with my browser it does not appear to
have a setting for "don't display images of sex acts, shocksites and
graphic injuries". I can't block an image until I see it. Btw it's not
just mums and dads who will have I problem there are bits of your post
I don't understand.
Gosh. I'm sorry I wasn't more clear. You know there is objectionable
material on Wikipedia because, of course, you have read the content
disclaimer linked from every page. Being adverse to seeing nasty stuff,
you click the button on your browser that turns images on or off whenever
you think you're likely to meet something you won't like (the only
internal links to [[Autofellatio]], for instance, are pretty clearly
labeled as to its sexual nature). You click it again whenever you want.
Meanwhile if you see the text from the alt tag of an image you can read it
and then right mouse button and load that image if you want. This is
precisely the procedure I use if I am browsing in an area of Wikipedia
that is likely to trigger my rather virulent phobia. It works a treat.