Thanks Patrick, yeah we've been in the state of non-consensus on "do empty
headings fali" for at least 8 years ourselves. 🤣
On Tue, Mar 17, 2026 at 3:38 PM Patrick H. Lauke <redux@splintered.co.uk>
wrote:
> Some past context/discussion here as well
> https://github.com/w3c/wcag/issues/4655 ... don't think we managed in
> the TF to come to a hard consensus between ourselves...
>
> P
>
> On 16/03/2026 15:57, Daniel Montalvo Charameli wrote:
> > Hi all.
> >
> > Ref:
> > https://www.w3.org/wbs/114156/heading-is-descriptive-rule-updates/
> >
> > The CG has discussed on a number of occasions whether or not empty
> > headings are a WCAG failure and, if so, under which SC they should be
> > failed.
> >
> > After our last talk, we decided to put together a survey to gather
> > feedback from you on how we should update the rule. Please complete it
> > by 25 March.
> >
> > Remember that participants of both groups can answer the questionnaire
> > irrespective of what the questionnaire header says.
> >
> > Thanks much.
> >
> > Best.
> >
>
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