Intermittent rendering of URL to images in Discourse?

[Minh_Nguyen (Minh Nguyễn)]

@osmuser63783

I actually prefer this approach to embedding the image directly because it shows where the image is from.

Moreover, directly hotlinking the image usually violates the image’s license, whereas embedding the page preview would be more defensible, and the raw image URL isn’t stable.

Improve/increase size of inline images

Wikimedia wikis, including Wikimedia Commons, require contributors to agree that a hyperlink is sufficient attribution. However, you can of course provide more explicit attribution as a courtesy. I would recommend continuing to link to the file description page rather than the raw image. The raw image URL is not a permalink: it will break (becoming unreachable) if someone uploads a new revision, for example to perform a touchup or correct metadata. Commons also has a system for tracking images…