Re: 4.1.1 depreciation discussion

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On Fri, Sep 20, 2019 at 3:09 PM Newton, Brooks (Legal) <
Brooks.Newton@thomsonreuters.com> wrote:

> I don’t think 1.3.1 and 4.1.2 give content authors and end users the same
> level of Robustness that 4.1.1 provides in theory.  I don’t want to drop
> 4.1.1 unless there is a better alternative to ensure that content authors
> have solid ground to base their coding decisions so that the content has
> the best chance possible of working across the software stack, across time.
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> Brooks
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> *From:* David MacDonald <david100@sympatico.ca>
> *Sent:* Friday, September 20, 2019 11:50 AM
> *To:* WCAG <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>; WCAG Editors <team-wcag-editors@w3.org>
> *Subject:* 4.1.1 depreciation discussion
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> Hi All
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> Congratulations to all who made the long trip to Japan and those who
> stayed up to attend online... I  hope that everyone from North America gets
> a quick restoration of their circadian rhythms.
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> I had proposed to remove 4.1.1 and point to 1.3.1 and 4.1.2 to cover the
> same issues.  Wilco researched it and it got a good airing on Github.
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> https://github.com/w3c/wcag/issues/770
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> I also tweeted out a survey.
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> It appears form both the Github thread and the survey, that support to
> remove it is around 48% on 33 votes, and 52% for keeping it.
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> I think based on the Github discussion, this survey,and emails, that I
> should withdraw the proposal, because historically, new actions on the
> standard should have broad support, not moderate support.
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