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<p>Imported page</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{information page|pages=[[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Accessibility]]|WP:ACCDD}}<br /> &lt;onlyinclude&gt;<br /> All users, regardless of disability, should be able to read, navigate, and contribute to Wikipedia easily. Therefore, when editing articles:<br /> {{Col-begin}}<br /> {{Col-break}}<br /> === DO: ===<br /> * [[File:Green check.png|20px|link=|alt=]] &#039;&#039;&#039;Do&#039;&#039;&#039; use [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Accessibility#Color|&#039;&#039;&#039;high contrast&#039;&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;&#039;color-blind friendly&#039;&#039;&#039;]] color schemes.<br /> * [[File:Green check.png|20px|link=|alt=]] &#039;&#039;&#039;Do&#039;&#039;&#039; provide &#039;&#039;&#039;[[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Accessibility#Images|alt text and a caption]]&#039;&#039;&#039; for most images.<br /> * [[File:Green check.png|20px|link=|alt=]] &#039;&#039;&#039;Do&#039;&#039;&#039; provide a &#039;&#039;&#039;text description&#039;&#039;&#039; of any charts or diagrams.<br /> * [[File:Green check.png|20px|link=|alt=]] &#039;&#039;&#039;Do [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Accessibility#Headings|nest section headings sequentially]].&#039;&#039;&#039;<br /> * [[File:Green check.png|20px|link=|alt=]] &#039;&#039;&#039;Do&#039;&#039;&#039; create [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Accessibility#Data tables|&#039;&#039;&#039;correctly structured tables&#039;&#039;&#039;]].<br /> * [[File:Green check.png|20px|link=|alt=]] &#039;&#039;&#039;Do&#039;&#039;&#039; encase [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Accessibility#Other languages|non-English words or phrases]] in &#039;&#039;&#039;{{tl|lang}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.<br /> * [[File:Green check.png|20px|link=|alt=]] &#039;&#039;&#039;Do&#039;&#039;&#039; ask any accessibility-related questions at &#039;&#039;&#039;[[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Accessibility|WikiProject Accessibility&#039;s talk page]]&#039;&#039;&#039;.<br /> {{Col-break}}<br /> === DON’T: ===<br /> * [[File:Red x.svg|20px|link=|alt=]] &#039;&#039;&#039;Don&#039;t&#039;&#039;&#039; impede the &#039;&#039;&#039;ability to distinguish [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Accessibility#Color|links]]&#039;&#039;&#039; from regular text.<br /> * [[File:Red x.svg|20px|link=|alt=]] &#039;&#039;&#039;Don&#039;t&#039;&#039;&#039; use &#039;&#039;&#039;[[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Accessibility#Users with limited CSS/JavaScript support|scrolling lists or collapsible sections]]&#039;&#039;&#039; to conceal content. (See exceptions in the [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style#Scrolling lists and collapsible content|Manual of Style]]).<br /> * [[File:Red x.svg|20px|link=|alt=]] &#039;&#039;&#039;Don&#039;t&#039;&#039;&#039; use &#039;&#039;&#039;[[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Accessibility#Color|color]] as the only means&#039;&#039;&#039; of conveying information.<br /> * [[File:Red x.svg|20px|link=|alt=]] &#039;&#039;&#039;Don&#039;t&#039;&#039;&#039; use &#039;&#039;&#039;[[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Accessibility#Tables|tables]] for layout&#039;&#039;&#039;—use &lt;code&gt;&lt;nowiki&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/nowiki&gt;&lt;/code&gt; blocks instead.<br /> * [[File:Red x.svg|20px|link=|alt=]] &#039;&#039;&#039;Don&#039;t&#039;&#039;&#039; leave &#039;&#039;&#039;[[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Accessibility#Lists|blank lines]] between list items&#039;&#039;&#039;.<br /> * [[File:Red x.svg|20px|link=|alt=]] &#039;&#039;&#039;Don&#039;t&#039;&#039;&#039; use &#039;&#039;&#039;[[Unicode]] characters as icons&#039;&#039;&#039; or images.<br /> * [[File:Red x.svg|20px|link=|alt=]] &#039;&#039;&#039;Don&#039;t&#039;&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;[[WP:SANDWICH|sandwich]] text between two images&#039;&#039;&#039; or, unless absolutely necessary, use &#039;&#039;&#039;[[Wikipedia:Image use policy#Displayed image size|fixed image sizes]]&#039;&#039;&#039;.<br /> {{col-end}}<br /> {{-}}&lt;/onlyinclude&gt;<br /> <br /> == See also ==<br /> {{Special:PrefixIndex/Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Accessibility}}<br /> {{Wikipedia dos and don&#039;ts}}<br /> __NOEDITSECTION__<br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Accessibility Dos And Don&#039;ts}}<br /> [[Category:Wikipedia basic information]]<br /> [[Category:WikiProject Accessibility]]<br /> [[Category:Wikipedia dos and don&#039;ts]]<br /> [[Category:Wikipedia accessibility|*]]</div>

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