Delirium said:
The current situation with articles like [[clitoris]] is similar. I'm not /offended/ per se by clitorises or open-heart surgery, but I don't generally want to see photographs of either of them when I'm reading, unless I've actually clicked on a "click here to see photographs of [...]" link. At the moment, that makes Wikipedia a poor source of information, and one I increasingly do not use.
A surprising number of present-day web users seem to be unwilling to use, and sometimes even unaware of, their browser's options to turn picture downloads on and off. I have a caterpillar phobia, a rather severe one, but it doesn't stop me browsing Wikipedia because if I want to read about butterflies and the like I adjust my browser.