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As I found the article did a poor job of demonstrating what a swift brick is, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swift_brick

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I opened the article without a clue about what they were. Within my first 5-10 s on it I knew what they were.

Literally right below the title:

> bricks that provide nesting for swifts and other endangered birds

And a picture.

It has two very clear pictures at the top...?

There's a picture of a box with a bunch of playing cards on top of it, then a picture of a building that has one. I found it insufficient and thought others might too.

There's a picture of the brick, you mean.

That was not clear to me. Dunno why people are making such a big deal out of "if you want more info, go here."

I agree with you, I immediately understood what they are, but what's the problem with more clarification? I've upvoted you.

Offering clarification is good, shitting on the article is bad.

The article does, in fact, do a perfectly fine job of explaining what a swift brick is. GP could easily have said “I couldn’t quite picture what a swift brick is”, but instead said “article did a poor job explaining swift bricks”, and that’s what they’re getting criticised for.

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