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.