--- Jimmy Wales jwales@wikia.com wrote:
Now this is not to say that there aren't other arguments against linking and in favor of inlining this sort of image. But I don't think this argument that somehow linking is taking away choices is very compelling. It seems clear to me that the opposite is true: linking gives people the choice to view the image or not, in the simplest and most effective way possible, without requiring the to know in advance that there might be shocking images, without requiring them to change browser settings, etc.
Exactly. The opposite argument is absurd on its face. The only issue now is the details: what to display by default and what to link by default. Being only a semi-prude, I say simple nudity is almost always OK to display by default while sex acts (both with oneself and with the help of others ) is almost always not OK to display by default in articles (with the possible exception of good line drawings).
-- mav
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