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Originally Posted by Orwell1984
I've been following this discussion with interest.
From the beginning it appears to be a case, to use a metaphor, of someone going into a vegan restaurant and being upset they can't get a nice steak.
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No. It is like ordering a half-litre cola and receiving a quarter-litre cola.
You also missed my point. I did not suggest deleting illustrations to make room for more text, I suggested that blank areas by eliminated for more text. Poles apart. In fact, in e.g. Duel volume on Jap. vs. U.S. cruisers there are numerous examples in which by eliminating the blanks on the page the photo could in larger by 50 %, thus providing more visible detail.
I have never said that I oppose extensive illustrations per se. But I oppose meaningless illustrations. E.g. in the Weapon volume on the M16, one entire spread is wasted on a comic book style colour art that serves nobody's needs, not a modeller's, not a wargamer's, not an enthusiast's. Not anyone's over 12 years. The same space could have been used to illustrate the gun's gas system in detail.