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Accessibility
Formatting of tables - please note that using <br />
or <hr />
tags in adjacent cells to emulate a visual row is not recommended. This is a problem for users of screen readers which read tables cell by cell, HTML row by HTML row, not visual row by visual row. Here is an example of what I mean, Bad Girls, and Glee which both use the <br />
formatting for the "Character" and "Actor" columns. Imagine being able to only listen to this article and figure out what character goes with what actor. Please be kind to our visually impaired readers and editors. Thanks (smiley face).
Another common formatting of tables accessibility issue is the use of colors in background to communicate important information, screen readers can not read colors, and abbreviations, do not use abbreviations to communicate important information, and use text alongside numbers, when it is unclear what the numbers represent, as seen in this table: RuPauls Drag Race Progress Table (screen reader audio below), which is very poorly formatted and is not compliant with accessibility. However, this alternate table (currently not being used), is very much accessible, notice the difference in the top row where the text "Episode" is used before the numbers, as opposed to the other one where there is no text to indicate what those numbers represent, and also notice in the alternate table the abbreviations are spelled out, "BOTTOM 2" and "ELIMINATED", as opposed to the other table where they are not spelled out, screen readers can't properly interpret those abbreviations (BTM2 and ELIM). A minor tweak to the notes section should be made in both tables, instead of using "The contestant", the actual name of the contestant should be used for clarity. As before, please be kind to our visually impaired readers and editors. Thanks (smiley face).
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To tag an article that is not accessible: Template:Accessibility dispute