Board Thread:Technical Updates/@comment-26339491-20191203204132/@comment-5956954-20191210142041

Mira Laime wrote: For those very rare anons that really do want to see the file page, for whatever reason, they can log in. Someone who knows what a file page is and why they need to see it is likely savvy enough to figure that out (and indeed we've not had complaints during the months that we tested this). There is still going to be the odd user who is negatively impacted, by this, yes. That's a price we decided is worth paying in order to get the SEO improvements.

It's entirely possible that there are still bugs to iron out, and the issue with downloaded files that you can't open sounds like one. We'll have to look into this. Perhaps, this was already thought about. Indeed, most anonymous users would primarily be readers and not dig so far to know these savvy stuff. It should be kept in mind, though, that anonymous users can still be prolific editors. Not every wiki has anonymous editing disabled, so it's entirely possible for users to become savvy enough to be contributors without identity.

They could sign up, but it would not be too wise to force users to create an account. Some users likely didn't create an account for a reason, whether it's from necessity or personal reasons. I don't think the choice should be swept away to regain important permissions like viewing the file pages. That's my opinion, at least. 452 wrote: If an image is formatted in the article as, then clicking that link just refreshes the article, and does not show the lightbox, so the anon user has no convenient way to see a larger version of the image. I tested this with a non-existent image. I'm taken to the wiki's home page, but the lightbox (not sure that's the name) displays. Supposedly, the lightbox will only appear if an image link is non-existent. Perhaps, an image linking to a page should then be viewable at a bigger size if the redirect will lead to the current destination. Good catch. Fandyllic wrote: So this new behavior seems to violate the spirit of some licensing (not being able to see info about the source, the license, and any additional credits), if not exactly the exact wording. I don't think you can see any licensing info in the lightbox. You can. See this image as an anonymous user and hover over the file title to display the licensing info.

Anonymous users will basically see the image as described on the file page. You can add more info to tell anonymous users more, like on this Steven Universe image. The biggest question is how to make it look prettier to anons. Hmm.