On 10/09/10 04:17, Rajko M. wrote:
On Thursday 09 September 2010 19:52:10 Marcus Rueckert wrote:
maybe that external server is even faster than the opensuse wiki? your argument is falling pretty short.
Maybe or maybe not. How it resolves in practice depends not only on file serving speeds, but also on where are servers located and how your Internet provider DNS works (mine is not a bright star).
In general you don't want links to images on another sites as you have no control over it, and no signal when is changed.
(1) (1.1) The risks and disadvantages are not much different as with other external links[1] in the text. (1.2) External links and especially internal images do also undermine the policy of page validation[2] (with checked, approved or tested versions and revisions), (2) I think there may be exceptions to (1) if it is obvious an external (interactive) image and importing it or an equivalent would be impossible or make much fuss.[3] Regards pistazienfresser Footnotes: [1] For discussions on the issue of external links in the openSUSE wiki please take a look at: http://forums.opensuse.org/english/community/opensuse-wiki-discussions/44127... http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-wiki/2010-07/msg00238.html [2] See for page validation: http://en.opensuse.org/Help:Page_validation with links to further readings [3] Example: http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Conference_map -- - openSUSE profile: https://users.opensuse.org/show/pistazienfresser -- - openSUSE 11.2 with GNOME 2.28.2 (or KDE 4.3.5) and Kernel Linux 2.6.31.12-0.2-pae (or default, Ubuntu 10.4 LTS 'lucid' 2.6.33-22-genetic, MS Win XP) - Samsung X20 Pentium M 740 (1730 MHz) Intel 915GM 1400x1050 - openSUSE profile: https://users.opensuse.org/show/pistazienfresser -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-wiki+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-wiki+help@opensuse.org