Re: Rebranding Auto-WCAG??

I'd be in favor of re-branding it so that it doesn't sound like it's 
about automobiles.

Based on informal observation, somewhere around... 100% ... of the 
people that I talk with about this work misunderstand the focus, when 
first hearing about it.

At almost every presentation I do, I hear from people interested in 
improving accessibility testing, who weren't aware of this group, or who 
had heard of it but weren't aware that the group is relevant to their 
interests.

- Judy


On 6/22/2018 11:07 AM, Emma Pratt Richens wrote:
> Out of the loop a bit, but wondering if this is because some of the 
> rules cover manual tests?
>
> In an ideal future world… where machines can be taught to make 
> reasonable judgements on whether or not alt text is acceptable, or 
> colour contrast of a gradient text on top of an image background is 
> OK… I would envisage all or most of the tests being automated. And 
> while that isn’t yet possible, the rules can help and support manual 
> testing and better understanding of the guidelines.
>
> From that point of view, I’m OK with keeping the name.
>
> Curious to hear other points of view though,
> E
> -- -- --
> *Emma J Pratt Richens*, Senior Accessibility Specialist
> BBC D&E UX&D, MediaCityUK, @EmmaJ_PR bbc.in/asg <http://bbc.in/asg>
> /"Open your eyes and then open your eyes again.”/
>
> From: Wilco Fiers <wilco.fiers@deque.com <mailto:wilco.fiers@deque.com>>
> Date: Friday, 22 June 2018 at 11:42
> To: "public-auto-wcag@w3.org <mailto:public-auto-wcag@w3.org>" 
> <public-auto-wcag@w3.org <mailto:public-auto-wcag@w3.org>>
> Subject: Rebranding Auto-WCAG??
> Resent-From: <public-auto-wcag@w3.org <mailto:public-auto-wcag@w3.org>>
> Resent-Date: Friday, 22 June 2018 at 11:43
>
> Hey all,
> I wanted to get some thoughts on this. Auto-WCAG was originally 
> conceived with the intent to write rules for automated tools, and for 
> semi-automated tools. Those were two separate categories that we'd 
> write separate rules for. With the ACT Rules Format evolving the way 
> it did, this distinction has largely gone away. This begs the question 
> of: Should we remain the Auto-WCAG community group, or is this name no 
> longer representative enough of our work that we should rebrand?
>
> I'm curious to hear your thoughts. Should we rename the group, and if 
> we do, what should our new name be?
>
> -- 
> *Wilco Fiers*
> Senior Accessibility Engineer - Co-facilitator WCAG-ACT - Chair Auto-WCAG