[WikiEN-l] "Censorship" of images on the Arabic Wikipedia

[Aude]

In Safari, does it by default show the image?  or hide it? or how does it
not work?

-Aude

On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 7:09 PM, David Goodman <dgoodmanny at gmail.com> wrote:

> The show/hide feature they use does not work in Safari and with
> text-only browsers.
>
> On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 7:02 PM, Aude <audevivere at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I have made some edits on the Arabic language Wikipedia, and have been
> >  looking at various articles and topics through the interlanguage links.
>  As
> >  mentioned on the list before, the article about Muhammad on the Arabic
> >  Wikipedia is illustrated only with calligraphy images.  On other topics
> (e.g.
> >  human anatomy), I have found some examples of how they "censor" images
> >
> >  One way is with a "viewing warning" image, which essentially says "Some
> >  people may consider this picture to be disturbing.  Don't click here
> unless
> >  you are certain you wish to see it."  If you click on it, you see the
> image.
> >
> >  Another way I have seen is use of the show/hide feature, with the image
> by
> >  default hidden.
> >  <http://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8:AnubisClick>
> >
> >  I have tried these out over in my sandbox space on English Wikipedia:
> >  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Aude/Sandbox7
> >
> >  Maybe an approach like one of these would serve as a compromise on the
> issue
> >  of images on the [[Muhammad]] article.  I don't have lots of time to
> involve
> >  myself in the issue on-wiki, but want to put these ideas out there and
> help
> >  inform about how the Arabic Wikipedia does things in some situations.
> >
> >  -Aude
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Aude