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%%This is not, in fact, a hotlinked image, but the image that replaces them. So, no need to fix it.
[[quoteright:158:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nohots.png]]
[[caption-width-right:158:You heard the image. Don't do it.]]
An item on one web-service that is requested by another web-service, usually an image. This isn't when an image is actually a {{pothole}}d link.

This is not only impolite (it eats up your victim's bandwidth), it's almost always a really bad idea. A hot linked item may have been removed by the original host (this is a big problem with Website/YouTube links). The original host can be undergoing a performance problem. The original host may have changed its linking policy. The original host may no longer exist... The list of possible badness goes on and on.

Luckily, this Wiki provides a way for people to upload images that skips a lot of those badnesses. See the [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/uploadform.php Media Uploader]] on the Tools menu.

See HotlinkedImageSwitch for another reason not to hotlink to images on this wiki.
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This is not only impolite (it eats up your victim's bandwidth), it's almost always a really bad idea. A HotLinked item may have been removed by the original host (this is a big problem with Website/YouTube links). The original host can be undergoing a performance problem. The original host may have changed its linking policy. The original host may no longer exist... The list of possible badness goes on and on.

http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nohots.png
[[caption-width:158:You heard the image. Don't do it.]]

This is not only impolite (it eats up your victim's bandwidth), it's almost always a really bad idea. A HotLinked item may have been removed by the original host (this is a big problem with Website/YouTube links). The original host can be undergoing a performance problem. The original host may have changed its linking policy. The original host may be ''gone.'' The original host may have substituted a ''different'' (and often obscene) image for the one at that URL ... The list of possible badness goes on and on.

%%This is not, in fact, a hotlinked image, but the image that (used to?) replace them. So, no need to fix it.

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[[caption-width:158:You heard the image. Don't do it.]]

This is not only impolite (it eats up your victim's bandwidth), it's almost always a really bad idea. A HotLinked item may have been removed by the original host (this is a big problem with YouTube links). The original host can be undergoing a performance problem. The original host may have changed its linking policy. The original host may be ''gone.'' The original host may have substituted a ''different'' (and often obscene) image for the one at that URL ... The list of possible badness goes on and on.

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An item on one web-service that is requested by another web-service, usually an image. This isn't when an image is actually a potholed link.

An item on one web-service that is requested by another web-service, usually an image.