Board Thread:Technical Updates/@comment-26339491-20191203204132/@comment-3403151-20200121115936

Sophiedp wrote: oh I thought you were talking about something else. I quoted up to and including your words "and open the image in a lightbox".

I did not do that by mistake.

The purpose of quoting is to specify the context of the reply.

The quote in my comment clearly specifies that the context of my reply is your statement about used images being redirected and displaying the lightbox.

Quoting the entirety of the comment immediately preceding yours is pointless, and is a common mistake amongst new users. From your entire-quoting and failure to recognise context from my clipped quote, I can only assume that you are a new user, so welcome to the wiki!

Sophiedp wrote: Also, have you checked your console/used a different browser/tried disabling your extensions/etc? No, and I have also not tried turning it off and then back on again.

There is no reason for me to try pointless troubleshooting steps, because I am not the one having trouble.

Sophiedp wrote: Because when I go to http://su.wikia.com/File:Steven.png I get redirected to https://steven-universe.fandom.com/wiki/Steven_Universe_Wiki?file=Steven.png That image is NOT used in an article, as clearly demonstrated by the fact that it redirects to the main page, and not an article in which it is used.

Again: the context of my reply was your statement about used images being redirected and displaying the lightbox.

So linking to an unused image is irrelevant and pointless.

I already mentioned my first comment in this thread, but you clearly did not scroll up and read it. If you had bothered to read what I said about used images and lightboxes, as well as the reply from Snapper2, then perhaps you wouldn't be confused about when the lightbox is and isn't shown.

My point stands:

No-one has ever claimed that used images are "supposed" to show a lightbox when being redirected to the article they are used in.