Accessibility issues/“From Wikipedia …” is no heading

Short description

“From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia” is tagged as <h3>, but it does not serve as a heading. Hence, the <h> element is misused.

The bug 457 from 2004 is directly related to this issue.

Resulting problem

Headings are used for quick navigation and for list navigation by blind users. …

The list will look like this:

• Article name 1
• From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 3
• …
• References 2
• External Links 2
• …

Suggestion

Either replace the <h3> around “From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia” with a <span> or put it at another place altogether.

Another possibility is to use the HTML5 solution. <hgroup><h1>Accessibility</h1><h2>From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</h2></hgroup>. --Mephiles602 16:49, 1 May 2010 (UTC)

Step-by-step instruction

• go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WAI-ARIA or any other article
• with Fangs
  • right click on the page, select “View Fangs”
  • go to the tab “Headings List”
• with Jaws
  • …