Wikipedia:Accessibility dos and don'ts
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It is not an encyclopedic article, nor one of Wikipedia's policies or guidelines; rather, its purpose is to explain certain aspects of Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Accessibility . It may reflect differing levels of consensus and vetting.
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.
- Provide alt text and a caption for most images.
- Provide a text description of any charts or diagrams.
- Nest section headings sequentially.
- Create correctly structured tables.
- Wrap non-English words or phrases in {{lang }} or {{transliteration }}.
- Ask any accessibility-related questions at WikiProject Accessibility's talk page .
DON'T:
- Don't impede the ability to distinguish links from regular text.
- Don't use scrolling lists or collapsible sections to conceal content. (See exceptions in 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.
- Don't sandwich text between two images, and don't use fixed image sizes unless absolutely necessary.
See also
- Manual of Style/Accessibility
- Manual of Style/Accessibility/
- Manual of Style/Accessibility/Alternative text for images
- Manual of Style/Accessibility/Anchor tests
- Manual of Style/Accessibility/CSS colors for text on white
- Manual of Style/Accessibility/Colors
- Manual of Style/Accessibility/Data tables tutorial
- Manual of Style/Accessibility/Data tables tutorial/Internal guidelines
- Manual of Style/Accessibility/Signatures
- Manual of Style/Accessibility/dl tests