Instead of introducing complicated syntax, would it not be better that
media viewer only displays thumbs?

Rupert
Am 16.05.2014 20:00 schrieb "Fabrice Florin" <[email protected]>:

> Hi guys,
>
> We’ve been discussing the various proposals on this thread and don’t see a
> strong consensus yet.
>
> This lack of consensus in our email discussions so far may suggest that
> our original proposal to use a separate class may not be the best solution
> for this issue.
>
> We are growing concerned that using a separate class (e.g. ’noviewer’)
> could introduce more confusion and inconsistency, with some editors
> disabling certain images in some places, but not in others.
>
> So we would like to propose a simpler approach, which would be to use
> existing methods to disable Media Viewer for some images, as proposed in
> the FAQ draft below.
>
> What do you guys think of that approach?
>
> At Fae’s suggestion, I started an onwiki discussion for this proposal:
>
>
> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Multimedia/About_Media_Viewer#How_to_disable_MediaViewer_for_some_images
>
> Feel free to respond onwiki or via email, as you prefer.
>
> Thanks for your guidance :)
>
>
> Fabrice
>
>
> ________________________
>
> PROPOSED HELP FAQ
>
> ==How can I disable Media Viewer for unrelated or unsuitable images?==
> Sometimes, Media Viewer displays images that are confusing for our users.
> This includes metadata images (e.g. small icons, flags), which are not
> related to the page's topic; other images do not render well and are not
> suitable for Media Viewer (such as maps using weird CSS/JS tricks, or
> images which use a clipping template).
>
> We invite editors to prevent these images from appearing in Media Viewer,
> using one of these two methods:
> * For metadata images, simply add this "metadata" class for unrelated
> images like icons or flags:
> <code><nowiki><span
> class="metadata">[[File:Foo.jpg]]</span></nowiki></code>
> * For images that are not metadata, but which don’t really render well in
> Media Viewer, consider using
> a 
> '[[:w:Wikipedia:Extended_image_syntax#Images_that_link_somewhere_other_than_the_image_description_page|link
> parameter]]' to disable them in Media Viewer:
> <code><nowiki>[[File:Foo.jpg|link=]]</nowiki></code> <br>
> To enable users to access file information, consider adding a link in the
> file’s caption, so people can still access its file information page:
> <code><nowiki>|[[:File:Foo.jpg|Learn more]]</nowiki></code>
>
> Other methods may be available to exclude images in Media Viewer, but we
> encourage community editors to start marking metadata images right
> away, using the first method above, since that is work that should be
> taking place anyway.
>
> (End of proposed FAQ)
>
>
>
> _______________________________
>
> Fabrice Florin
> Product Manager
> Wikimedia Foundation
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Fabrice_Florin_(WMF)
>
>
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