.not-multimedia

or maybe reverse the logic and only allow tagged items to appear in media viewer

.multimedia


with kind regards,
dan


On May 12, 2014, at 21:32 , Fabrice Florin <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> We would appreciate your help to come up with a class name that community 
> members can use to exclude an image from Media Viewer or related tools. 
> 
> Too many small files (like icons, flags, etc.) appear in Media Viewer for 
> some articles, even though they are unrelated to the topic of the article. 
> Other image files also need to be excluded, because they are not suitable for 
> Media Viewer (such as maps using weird CSS/JS tricks, or images which use a 
> clipping template).   
> 
> Many community members have reported this issue, which delivers an unpleasant 
> browsing experience for users who only want to view images that are relevant 
> for the article they are reading (and which are supported by Media Viewer).
> 
> We agree that this is an important issue. The most practical way to address 
> it would require editors to add a .metadata class to the images they don’t 
> want to show on a page, as proposed here: 
> 
> https://wikimedia.mingle.thoughtworks.com/projects/multimedia/cards/511
> 
> We just need to come up with a class name people are happy with for excluding 
> an image from Media Viewer or related tools. We already exclude images which 
> have a .metadata class, but there are images that aren't really metadata but 
> still not appropriate.
> 
> Any ideas? What class name do you recommend we use to convey this important 
> information?
> 
> Here are some possible ideas, to get this conversation started;
> * hide
> * exclude
> * noshow
> * ??
> 
> It would be best if we agreed on a name that is not tied to Media Viewer, so 
> it can be used by other tools which may have the same needs, now or in the 
> future.
> 
> Once we settle on a class name, we can schedule that feature for development, 
> so editors can filter out unsuitable images for everyone’s viewing pleasure :)
> 
> Thanks for your feedback!
> 
> 
> Fabrice
> 
> _______________________________
> 
> Fabrice Florin
> Product Manager, Multimedia
> Wikimedia Foundation
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Fabrice_Florin_(WMF)
> 
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