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Re: Providing the correct information about a redundant link

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From: Patrick H. Lauke
Date: Oct 21, 2020 1:14PM

On 21/10/2020 20:10, Всеволод Попов wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Do I understand correctly that it is better not to point on a webaim
> recommendations as standards and guidelines in general?
>
> Usually as I do now:
>
> I find an error in the wave tool, try to encounterit myself,
>
> go to the description that wave provides and copy the links where it
> says standards and guidelines.
>
> How is it better to do in that case?


WebAIM's list is not the standard. WCAG is the standard. Point to WCAG

>
> I ask that because I haven't found a quick way of finding the needed
> wcag recommendation yet.

Aeh...the link to the relevant WCAG SC is right there on the WebAIM
checklist if you actually press the link in the "WCAG Success Criteria"
column there. (i.e. on
https://webaim.org/standards/wcag/checklist#sc2.4.4 follow the link to
2.4.4 "Link Purpose (In Context)"

P
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