== Article images == 

 Over here where we don't detract from the original discussion, a quick thought: 

 We reflect reliable sources coverage. We don't reflect all aspects of reliable sources and we should be wary before assuming that how some other point is handled in RS means we should slavishly aim to follow the same way. 

 To take simple and occasionally laughable examples (I'm sure you can think of others), if the only RS coverage had no images we wouldn't say "our article mustn't have images either"... if it was a topic only covered in French language sources we wouldn't say our article must only be written in French... if the topic was only covered in paper sources we wouldn't exclude it because our writing is electronic... if coverage was only in new media we wouldn't require our article to adopt a media style to match the RS it was reported in, and so on. The same for images, if sources use line-art, non-free images, black and white, or a caucasian person as subject, we wouldn't necessarily copy that, we might show photos, xrays, free images, color and no bias as to ethnicity. 

 RS is our standard for reporting facts and information. When it comes to presentational methods we are entitled to not be bound by how the topic was presented, which may have been media attention grabbing, marketing, academic study, popular information, or many other styles rather than our NPOV style, and may have not been chosen with a view to educational and knowledge-sharing value in the sources it appeared. It may have been designed for a different audience, different media, or editorial decisions made to satisfy different issues. So I don't agree with a view that how media is presented or accompanying images or other layout choices should be guided necessarily by RS. We have our educational goals, media, and audience; other types of RS have theirs.   | email)