Wikipedia talk:Extended image syntax: Difference between revisions

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::::::::::I'm saying that the coordinates should appear only in the file description, where the more resourceful users will find it, remember that they found it, and go whenever they want image coordinates. For those who don't want image coordinates, who I believe comprise a large majority, placing them in the caption creates visual clutter that detracts from the article. And, as I've said, it reduces the likelihood that a reader will ever discover the file description and the useful information often found in the "Description" and "Date" fields, for example. By your reasoning, we should have a way to pull those items from the file description and show them in the caption because some readers will find them informative; all to accommodate readers who lack the motivation to click through to the file description and investigate what's there. That's bad design in my opinion. [[Special:Contributions/68.97.42.64|68.97.42.64]] ([[User talk:68.97.42.64|talk]]) 21:16, 15 July 2021 (UTC)

:::::::::::Then we do have a difference of opinion. I agree that it is good for readers to discover the file description, for the reasons you give, and like you I don’t see much value in adding coordinates to captions. But I don’t think we should legislate that data should not appear in one place because it would be better for the user to have to go to another place to see it. How the data should be presented is a design decision that I feel we should leave to the editor working on each instance. [[User:Mike Christie|Mike Christie]] ([[User_talk:Mike Christie|talk]] - [[Special:Contributions/Mike_Christie|contribs]] - [[User:Mike Christie/Reference library|library]]) 21:37, 15 July 2021 (UTC)

::::::::::::It's already legislated - [[MOS:CAPTION]] says {{tq|Captions should be succinct; more information can be included on its description page, or in the main text.}} So we put coords on the file description page, not in the caption. --[[User:Redrose64|<span style="color:#a80000; background:#ffeeee; text-decoration:inherit">Red</span>rose64]] &#x1f339; ([[User talk:Redrose64|talk]]) 22:08, 15 July 2021 (UTC)