[Bug 23373] example given is incorrect and promotes poor quality link text

https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=23373

steve faulkner <faulkner.steve@gmail.com> changed:

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--- Comment #1 from steve faulkner <faulkner.steve@gmail.com> ---
(In reply to Mark Sadecki from comment #0)
> The Code example in the referenced section [1] would be more clear if the
> href values used in the permalinks actually pointed to the sections of the
> document in the example (#a instead of a.html). Also, linking simply the
> word "This" three times promotes poor quality link text which is a failure
> of WCAG SC 2.4.4 and 2.4.9 Link Context [2]
> 
> Suggested text:
> 
> <h1>Example of permalinks</h1>
>   <div id="a">
>    <h2>First example</h2>
>    <p><a href="#a" rel="bookmark">This permalink applies to
>    only the content from the first H2 to the second H2</a>. The DIV isn't
>    exactly that section, but it roughly corresponds to it.</p>
>   </div>
>   <h2>Second example</h2>
>   <article id="b">
>    <p><a href="#b" rel="bookmark">This permalink applies to
>    the outer ARTICLE element</a>(which could be, e.g., a blog post).</p>
>    <article id="c">
>     <p><a href="#c" rel="bookmark">This permalink applies to
>     the inner ARTICLE element</a>(which could be, e.g., a blog comment).</p>
>    </article>
>   </article>
> 
> [1]
> http://www.w3.org/html/wg/drafts/html/master/links.html#link-type-bookmark
> [2] http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/REC-WCAG20-20081211/#navigation-mechanisms-refs

Hi Mark, looks like the link text has been fixed [1], unsure whether the href
content is problematic, it's not really relevant to the example no?

[1] http://www.w3.org/html/wg/drafts/html/master/links.html#link-type-bookmark

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