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On Feb 20, 2014, at 11:05 AM, Ryan Kaldari <[email protected]> wrote:
> In the old days (2011), the WMF had design guidelines that discussed
> accessibility issues such as appropriate font sizes, use of colors, and text
> contrast. These guidelines were later replaced with the Agora guidelines
> (https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Design) which specify
> only that "We must enable access for users with impairments."
>
> Accessibility is central to our mission as an organization and very important
> to our community. In fact the en.wiki community has enacted their own
> comprehensive accessibility guidelines for content:
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Accessibility
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Accessibility_dos_and_don'ts
>
> Mediawiki developers also have a set of published accessibility guidelines:
> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Accessibility_guide_for_developers
>
> The issue of accessibility in MediaWiki UX design has been raised numerous
> times in the recent past, most commonly in regard to font sizes and colors.
> I'm personally aware of it coming up at least 5 times in the past year
> (Typography Refresh, Flow, Echo, Mobile, NavPopups). Rather than rehashing
> the same discussions each time, I would encourage the design team to come up
> with a new set of accessibility guidelines that everyone can refer to and
> agree on. I would encourage stealing ideas from the en.wiki guidelines and
> the WCAG guidelines (http://www.w3.org/TR/UNDERSTANDING-WCAG20/). I would
> also suggest that the design team invest in a pair of scratched-up
> coke-bottle glasses that each design mock-up can be tested with :)
>
> Ryan Kaldari
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