UniWiki:Manual of Style/Accessibility: Difference between revisions

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== Text ==

~~{{Shortcut|WP:NOSTRIKE|WP:NOSYMBOLS~~}}

In articles, do not use [[strikethrough]] to remove objectionable text. Either comment it out with <nowiki>""</nowiki> or remove it entirely. By default, most [[screen ~~reader~~]]s do not indicate presentational text attributes (bold, italic, underline) or even semantic text attributes (emphasis, importance, text deletion), so struck-out text is read normally along with any other text. (Editors who participate in Wikipedia policy and deletion debates are advised to turn on the sounding of text attributes when doing so, as struck text is very common in Wikipedia-internal discussions.)

In articles, do not use [[Wikipedia:Strikethrough|strikethrough]] to remove objectionable text. Either comment it out with <nowiki>""</nowiki> or remove it entirely. By default, most [[Wikipedia:Screen reader|screen readers]] do not indicate presentational text attributes (bold, italic, underline) or even semantic text attributes (emphasis, importance, text deletion), so struck-out text is read normally along with any other text.

Screen readers without Unicode support will generally read a character outside [[Latin-1]] and [[Windows-1252]] as a question mark, and even in [[JAWS (screen reader)|JAWS]], the most popular screen reader, Unicode characters are very difficult to read.

Screen readers without Unicode support will generally read a character outside [[Wikipedia:Latin-1|Latin-1]] and [[Wikipedia:Windows 1252|Windows-1252]] as a question mark, and even in [[Wikipedia:JAWS (screen reader)|JAWS]], the most popular screen reader, Unicode characters are very difficult to read.

# Provide a [[transliteration]] for all text in a non-Latin writing system where the non-Latin character is important in the original context such as names, places, things etc.

# Do not use unpronounceable symbols such as ♥ (a [[Heart (symbol)|heart symbol]]); use images with alt text instead.<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/NOTE-WCAG20-TECHS-20081211/F26.html| title = F26: Failure of Success Criterion 1.3.3 due to using a graphical symbol alone to convey information| work = Techniques for WCAG 2.0 | accessdate=1 January 2011|publisher = [[W3C]]}}</ref>

# Do not use unpronounceable symbols such as ♥ (a [[Wikipedia:Heart (symbol)|heart symbol]]).

# Symbols that cause problems for screen readers may already have templates created to produce an image and alt text. An example is the dagger template {{tl|†}} (see [[:Category:Single-image insertion templates]] for more).

Do not use techniques that require interaction to provide information, such as tooltips or any other "hover" text. Abbreviations are exempt from these requirements, so the {{t|abbr}} template may be used to indicate the long form of a word.

Reduced font sizes should be used sparingly. Avoid using smaller font sizes in elements that already use a smaller font size, such as infoboxes, navboxes and reference sections. In no case should the resulting font size drop below 85% of the page fontsize (or 11px).

~~Do not insert line breaks within a sentence, since this makes it harder to edit with a [[screen reader]]. A single line break may follow a sentence, which may help some editors.~~

Reduced font sizes should be used sparingly. Avoid using smaller font sizes in elements that already use a smaller font size, such as infoboxes, navboxes and reference sections. In no case should the resulting font size drop below 85% of the page fontsize (or 11px).~~~~

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-{{See also|Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Text formatting}}
+{{See also|UniWiki:Manual of Style/Text formatting}}
-{{Shortcut|WP:NOSTRIKE|WP:NOSYMBOLS}}
-In articles, do not use [[strikethrough]] to remove objectionable text. Either comment it out with <nowiki>"<!--" and "-->"</nowiki> or remove it entirely. By default, most [[screen reader]]s do not indicate presentational text attributes (bold, italic, underline) or even semantic text attributes (emphasis, importance, text deletion), so struck-out text is read normally along with any other text. (Editors who participate in Wikipedia policy and deletion debates are advised to turn on the sounding of text attributes when doing so, as struck text is very common in Wikipedia-internal discussions.)
+In articles, do not use [[Wikipedia:Strikethrough|strikethrough]] to remove objectionable text. Either comment it out with <nowiki>"<!--" and "-->"</nowiki> or remove it entirely. By default, most [[Wikipedia:Screen reader|screen readers]] do not indicate presentational text attributes (bold, italic, underline) or even semantic text attributes (emphasis, importance, text deletion), so struck-out text is read normally along with any other text.
-Screen readers without Unicode support will generally read a character outside [[Latin-1]] and [[Windows-1252]] as a question mark, and even in [[JAWS (screen reader)|JAWS]], the most popular screen reader, Unicode characters are very difficult to read.
+Screen readers without Unicode support will generally read a character outside [[Wikipedia:Latin-1|Latin-1]] and [[Wikipedia:Windows 1252|Windows-1252]] as a question mark, and even in [[Wikipedia:JAWS (screen reader)|JAWS]], the most popular screen reader, Unicode characters are very difficult to read.
 # Provide a [[transliteration]] for all text in a non-Latin writing system where the non-Latin character is important in the original context such as names, places, things etc.
-# Do not use unpronounceable symbols such as ♥ (a [[Heart (symbol)|heart symbol]]); use images with alt text instead.<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/NOTE-WCAG20-TECHS-20081211/F26.html| title = F26: Failure of Success Criterion 1.3.3 due to using a graphical symbol alone to convey information| work = Techniques for WCAG 2.0 | accessdate=1 January 2011|publisher = [[W3C]]}}</ref>
+# Do not use unpronounceable symbols such as ♥ (a [[Wikipedia:Heart (symbol)|heart symbol]]).
-# Symbols that cause problems for screen readers may already have templates created to produce an image and alt text. An example is the dagger template {{tl|†}} (see [[:Category:Single-image insertion templates]] for more).
-Do not use techniques that require interaction to provide information, such as tooltips or any other "hover" text. Abbreviations are exempt from these requirements, so the {{t|abbr}} template may be used to indicate the long form of a word.
+Reduced font sizes should be used sparingly. Avoid using smaller font sizes in elements that already use a smaller font size, such as infoboxes, navboxes and reference sections. In no case should the resulting font size drop below 85% of the page fontsize (or 11px).
-Do not insert line breaks within a sentence, since this makes it harder to edit with a [[screen reader]]. A single line break may follow a sentence, which may help some editors.
-Reduced font sizes should be used sparingly. Avoid using smaller font sizes in elements that already use a smaller font size, such as infoboxes, navboxes and reference sections. In no case should the resulting font size drop below 85% of the page fontsize (or 11px).<!-- Replicated at [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Text formatting#Font size]] -->
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