[WikiEN-l] On cultural sensitivity

Sat Apr 16 17:38:58 UTC 2005

Jimmy Wales said:
>
> 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.*