Question: I am not having much luck getting my intentions across here on meta so I will make this ridiculously short. This is related to the Unprofessionalism bullet-point in my [longwinded answer](https://skeptics.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/733/90-days-are-up-how-are-we-doing/761#761) to the 90 day opinion poll.

What guidelines do/should we have with regards to which types of images are fair game for me to edit out of questions and answers?

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For the sake of discussion, here is the [same question](https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/92560/159491) asked at Meta.SO (with links to Sketpics.) There has also been handfuls of comments and chats regarding the topic. At this point I just want to know how I should act so I can go edit (or not edit) appropriately.

Answer: 
I was going to write something along these lines, but I looked back over the Meta.SO discussion you linked to and [Adam Davis said it far better than I could](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/92560/what-is-the-criteria-for-an-acceptable-image/92684#92684):

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> To enhance an answer by
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> * Providing additional information
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> * Providing an alternate view of the same information
> * Attracting attention to a particular point or issue within the post
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> > What is the appropriate action to take when an image is not fulfilling this purpose?
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> There is a difference between an image that isn't best fulfilling one of the above goals, and an image that is offensive, distracting, or not a reasonable part of the answer.
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> If the image doesn't detract from the post, then I don't see any reason to do anything. The author will be upvoted or downvoted accordingly.
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> If the image is not an answer, or not a valid part of the answer, then it *may* be reasonable to edit it out or flag it as abuse.
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> If it is offensive, remove it, flag it, and move on.
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> > My best guesses: An image should provide context or information that is impossible or not easy to convey with mere words. Graphs, screenshots, diagrams and their ilk seem like a useful tool to have around. Comics, witty graphics, or iconic imagery doesn't seem to fit this well.
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> This is an exceptionally harsh viewpoint. While you may learn best from textual representation of information, many people learn better from a visual representation.
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> Restricting images to **only** that information which **cannot** be provided textually is completely inappropriate.
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> The best posts use images sparingly to enhance the answer where images may provide additional value to readers who learn better via imagery.
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> Images are not something to be avoided, and in fact a lot of existing answers could be better if they had diagrams and images to emphasize important points.
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And in the comments:

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> I'm not particularly interested in living in a sterile lifeless world. Let people add supplementary images to their posts if they like. I'm certainly against forming a policy that strictly prohibits images that have limited value to a post. When you read articles, blog posts, and so forth from good sources, you'll often find they use color and imagery in ways to enhance the post, where the color and imagery do not actually add particular educational value, they do add design value. Again, sterility for sterility's sake is to be avoided.
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I'd like to mention [the image in this answer](https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/1738/do-drug-addicts-stop-maturing-when-they-become-addicted/4764#4764) as an example of an on-topic image.