[WikiEN-l] One reason why Wikipedia is not presently classroom-safe

Sat Feb 19 21:59:12 UTC 2005

Christiaan Briggs said:
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> A user is not always going to know what is going to offend them until
> they have looked at the content. By then it's too late.

Disabling image downloads (which I do all the time if I browse a site from
work) enables the user to read the alt tag and/or filename in the context
of the descriptive content in the article.  With a site like Wikipedia we
can enforce labeling standards to ensure that nobody gets a nasty surprise
when they click "load".  It really is the ideal solution.  I've used it
for years.