Wikipedia:Accessibility dos and don'ts: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 11:37, 13 March 2013

This page in a nutshell: All users, regardless of disability, should be able to read, navigate, and contribute to Wikipedia easily.

Therefore, when editing articles:

Do use high contrast and color-blind friendly color schemes.
Do provide alt text and a caption for most images.
Do provide a text description of any charts or diagrams.
Do nest headers sequentially.
Do create correctly structured tables.
Do encase non-English words or phrases in {{lang}}.
Do ask any accessibility-related questions at WikiProject Accessibility's talk page.

Don't impede the ability to distinguish links from regular text.
Don't use scrolling lists or collapsible sections to conceal content, unless they summarise text already in the article, as per the related section of the Manual of Style.
Don't use color as the only means of conveying information.
Don't use tables for layout—use <div> blocks instead.
Don't leave blank lines between list items.
Don't use Unicode characters as icons or images.

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 === DON’T ===
 * [[File:Red x.svg|20px|link=|alt=]] '''Don't''' impede the '''ability to distinguish [[Wikipedia:Accessibility#Color|links]]''' from regular text.
-* [[File:Red x.svg|20px|link=|alt=]] '''Don't'''  use [[MOS:ACCESS#Users with limited CSS/JavaScript support|scrolling lists or collapsible sections]] to conceal content, '''unless'' it is a summary of text already in the article. Per MOS [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style#Scrolling_lists_and_collapsible_content]: "''Collapsible sections or cells may be used in tables that consolidate information covered in the main text."''
+* [[File:Red x.svg|20px|link=|alt=]] '''Don't''' use '''[[MOS:ACCESS#Users with limited CSS/JavaScript support|scrolling lists or collapsible sections]]''' to conceal content, ''unless'' they summarise text already in the article, as per the [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style#Scrolling lists and collapsible content|related section of the Manual of Style]].
 * [[File:Red x.svg|20px|link=|alt=]] '''Don't''' use '''[[Wikipedia:Accessibility#Color|color]] as the only means''' of conveying information.
 * [[File:Red x.svg|20px|link=|alt=]] '''Don't''' use '''[[Wikipedia:Accessibility#Tables|tables]] for layout'''—use <code><nowiki><div></nowiki></code> blocks instead.