https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31146

--- Comment #2 from Zaran <[email protected]> 2011-10-01 10:04:26 UTC ---
The problem of line-wrapping is indeed a legitimate concern, however, please
note that i only intend to change the behavior of colons inside the poem tag.
In this case, it's hard to tell what should be the correct indentation after a
line-wrap: if you carry on the indentation, the wrapped line might be mistaken
for a new verse.

In wikisource, verses are sometimes indented using simple spaces. This also
does not indent the second part of wrapped verses.

I don't think that the appearance of the HTML code is important. My concern is
about accessibility and is twofold:
* the current solution is semantically incorrect: an indented verse is not a
definition list, it's just a verse which is indented. Furthermore, when the
indentation starts, the preceding paragraph is closed and a definition list
starts, as if it was a break in the stanza
* screen readers for visually impaired persons: nested definition lists is not
easily understandable for such readers

I propose a second patch which has the same visual effect as definition lists,
without the downside of nesting them and semantically more correct (it just
encapsulate the indented verse inside a span tag). 

You can find a comparison between the normal behavior and my two patches on my
user page: http://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Utilisateur:Zaran/Po%C3%A8me

Finally, note that there is no firm rule stating how wrapped verses should be
rendered. The best solution is always to chose a sufficient text width. In this
case, both of my patches are improvements to the current situation.

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