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Some people do not wish to see some images on Wikipedia for various reasons – images may not be [[NSFW|suitable for a work environment]]; they may wish to prevent their children from seeing such images; their religion may forbid it; and so on.

Wikipedia is [[WP:CENSOR|not censored]], and the community will in general not [[WP:Deletion|remove content]] on grounds of being objectionable to some people. Wikipedia will also [[Wikipedia:No disclaimers in articles|not use specific disclaimers]] within articles warning readers of such content. All articles fall under the site-wide '''[[Wikipedia:Content disclaimer|Content disclaimer]]'''.

However, readers who do not wish to be exposed to certain content have a number of options to selectively prevent Wikipedia content from being displayed on their screen.

This page is more suitable for you if:

# you still want to visit Wikipedia (rather than creating a [[Fork (software development)|fork]] or simply staying away) and,

# you find an image offensive but, apart from your perception of its offensiveness, have nothing more to add, within the premises of Wikipedia policies, to the discussions pertaining to replacement or [[Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion|removal]] of images by building [[WP:CONSENSUS|consensus]].

Wikipedia readers can influence how Wikipedia content is displayed on their screens in two ways:

#By creating an account and reading Wikipedia while logged in. Logged-in users can use personal [[Help:Cascading Style Sheets|Cascading Style Sheets]] to display images selectively (explained below).

#By filtering content locally, either by configuring their [[web browser]] (including the possibility to display no images at all), or by setting up a [[proxy server|proxy]] (such as [[Privoxy]]) (explained below).

==Wikipedia user preferences==

{{see|Help:Cascading Style Sheets}}