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documentaries on Wikipedia pages?

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Why is there a two minute documentary near the top of the article? DaveMusica76 (talk) 21:51, 24 February 2026 (UTC)Reply

"click 3 times to fully enlarge"

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@Epipelagic: According to WP:CLICKHERE, a caption should not tell the reader to "click 3 times to fully enlarge" an image. That instruction only applies to desktop browsing. A user accessing a printed or screenread copy of the article cannot click anything, and on mobile the second and third taps do not enlarge the image any further than the first, it requires pinch zooming instead. Belbury (talk) 11:02, 29 April 2026 (UTC)Reply

Then why can't Wikipedia's administration find the will to fix simple problems like this? The solution is straightforward: create a template that lets editors display different text on desktop, mobile, and printed versions. This image is genuinely remarkable — it lets viewers zoom in and study the structure of individual diatoms. Without the instruction, most of its value is wasted. The printed-version objection is nonsense. Anyone smart enough to use a mouse knows clicking doesn't work on paper. Wikipedia could easily strip out "click here" instructions for print copies, instead of inventing yet another bureaucratic rule. The project is heading for rapid collapse as AI advances. The administration shows zero interest in building useful tools for editors. Instead, they obsess over ideological crusades while allowing endless bureaucratic creep and petty tyranny. They’re burying the last constructive editors under mountains of pointless restrictions. Maybe it's time to give up. Wikipedia is steering itself straight into the trash bin of history. — Epipelagic (talk) 13:34, 29 April 2026 (UTC)Reply

If most of an image's value is wasted when a user doesn't think to (or is unable to) fully zoom in on it, it sounds like it might be better to crop that image to a particularly valuable section, or to display both the full image and a crop of it in the article. Making an article more accessible for print readers can help everyone. Belbury (talk) 13:57, 29 April 2026 (UTC)Reply

This page was redesigned at the edge.

documentaries on Wikipedia pages?

"click 3 times to fully enlarge"