[Bug 11557] Authors should not be allowed to specify roles on elements that they already have by default. It's redundant and encourages authors to add roles in cargo-cult fashion on the theory that this will improve their accessibility. See IRC for proof: http://kr from bugzilla@jessica.w3.org on 2010-12-15 (public-html-a11y@w3.org from December 2010)

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Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2010 19:41:29 +0000
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http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=11557

Laura Carlson <laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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           Keywords|                            |a11y
                 CC|                            |laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com
                   |                            |, public-html-a11y@w3.org

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