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From: Stephanie Sullivan
Date: Jun 8, 2006 11:40AM

On 6/8/06 11:05 AM, "Patrick Lauke" < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

>
>> 2. Different link text same destination.
>
> But this does not contravene WCAG, does it? I haven't come across
> any validators that flag this as a validation fail.

Since I started this convo, let me update you on what the issue was...

It was indeed the link I showed him with the differing link text pointing to
the same URL. This is completely illogical to me as there are many cases
where you would have valid reasons for having differing link text...

I must agree with Andrew, I really don't think the converse is implied in
the guideline ...

As an FYI, this user was validating his work at Cynthia says...

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