Re: Gallery policy

On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 12:49 PM, geni <[email protected]> wrote:
> However the overall format in the article is considered when
> considering what is appropriate. Image galleries create large breaks
> in the text and messy formatting due to issues with screen resolution.
> As a result there are best limited to where there is a solid need for
> such things. The other problem with image galleries is that they are
> often use to keep poor quality images in the article. Certainly when
> I've expanded articles with image galleries I've often killed of the
> images in the galleries entirely rather than using them in the article
> proper.

Good points - although it's annoying that the weakness of our layout
engine affects the content we can display.


>> 2) The Commons links are incredibly obscure, and I don't think the
>> average punter ever sees or visits them. It's like telling someone to
>> ring the hotline for more information - they just don't. The link
>> doesn't give any indication whether there are 2 images on Commons on
>> 200.
>
> Not relevant.

We're not serving our readers well by putting images behind a link
that they won't see or use.

>> 3) Galleries let you illustrate a much wider range of the subject
>> matter than by simply placing images in the margins. For example, in
>> the contentious [[Lamington National Park]], we could illustrate all
>> the waterfalls, most of the important flora, fauna, and geological
>> features.
>
> We could but if they were that important it should be possible to
> include enough text for the image to sit next to the. We also have
> extensive articles on flora, fauna, and geological features that
> people can go and look at if they want images of those things.

Indeed - it *is* possible to include enough text. Should the current
absence of such text preclude images? (A genuine question: is it ok
for an article to be unbalanced in the short term?)

> You can try but you are unlikely to get very far.

Yeah, figured.

Steve

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