Thanks Andy. Step One I took earlier this week. Expecting a response any minute now which I will share. I am very encouraged by what I hear and know we have a few really capable people who can identify the issues, work with others and come up with a sensible plan.
Jon On 15 January 2014 12:39, Andy Mabbett <[email protected]> wrote: > On 15 January 2014 11:44, rexx <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I'm quite happy to continue giving advice on the issues covered at > > > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Accessibility > > > > and I'd like to see it adopted as default on the WMUK Wiki, but I > question > > the value of volunteers re-inventing the wheel by chasing "gaps" that I'm > > not at all sure actually exist. > > I echo Doug's comments, and have three points and a suggestion to add: > > The first step should be to ask WMF what work is already in hand. > > Accessibility professionals always recommend testing sites (or planned > changes to them with a variety of real users, who have a range of > disabilities, and who use a variety of assistive tools. > > The biggest barrier in my experience is community resistance to > accessibility improvements (witness the alt text issue referred to on > the parallel discussion on the WMUK wiki, where alt text descriptions > of images were deemed "too subjective" and "unverifiable"). > > I suggest we ask Bruce Lawson, accessibility and web standards > advocate (disclosure; and a personal friend) with Opera (the browser > vendor) to review Wikipedia and one to two sister sites, and give a > talk at Wikimania (or, if he's not available, to recommend someone who > can). > > -- > Andy Mabbett > @pigsonthewing > http://pigsonthewing.org.uk > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org > -- *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk
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