Re: Your web Accessibility tool list has many broken links.

Hi Sharron,


On 06/05/2021 19:46, Sharron Rush wrote:
> Great to know, thank you Shadi.
> As I so often do, I wrote and hit send too fast. I hope you know that I 
> value the usefulness of these lists and appreciate all you do to keep 
> them current. I apologize for being so abrupt. To help me understand:
> - Is the list-maintainer a volunteer position?

Yes.


> - Do we anticipate volunteers to maintain the new lists?

That is my current feeling but the group discussion on this issue has 
not taken place yet. Definitely need to further reduce manual work.


> I think volunteers can be reliable and very useful to nonprofits like 
> ours. If that is our plan, is it documented? Maybe a note to say "the 
> list is maintained by volunteers, please report any problems." And also 
> include a link to a volunteer opportunity. .

I think this is a great idea. On the static pages we have the "improve 
this resource" box at the bottom but we don't have anything like that 
currently on the list. Would be good to consider in the new design.


> Thanks again for the information Shadi and for your patience with me.
> We are the last days of lead up to AccessU, plates are spinning and I 
> guess the diplomacy one just fell off and crashed on the ground!

Wishing you patience and perseverance with this big event, I'm very 
excited about my session with Wilco!

Thank you for your ideas to help improve these resources.

Best,
   Shadi


> On Thu, May 6, 2021 at 12:36 PM Shadi Abou-Zahra <shadi@w3.org 
> <mailto:shadi@w3.org>> wrote:
> 
>     The list maintainer, José Hilera, just did a complete revision of the
>     list but it is in my court to double-check and publish the changes.
>     Apologies I wasn't able to get to this any sooner. We are exploring
>     options for streamlining the workflow, which still involves several
>     manual steps. Happy to hear further ideas for improvement, including
>     taking down this list and not developing the others.
> 
>     Best,
>         Shadi
> 
> 
>     On 06/05/2021 18:45, Judy Brewer wrote:
>      > I believe that one of our latest EC-funded project may be
>     scheduled to
>      > help with updating this resource.
>      >
>      > Your general point is important regardless. I wasn't aware of the
>      > accessibility courses list. Wondering whether certain of the
>     lists might
>      > be designed to be more crowd-maintainable.
>      >
>      > - Judy
>      >
>      > On 5/6/2021 12:35 PM, Sharron Rush wrote:
>      >> (- Sanjeev)
>      >>
>      >> This is troublesome since we are building more of these
>     recommendation
>      >> or listing tools - for authoring tools and for accessibility
>     courses
>      >> for example.
>      >> We really should reconsider building these at all if we can't
>     maintain
>      >> them.
>      >>
>      >> On Thu, May 6, 2021 at 11:19 AM New Web Tool for More Growth
>      >> <atoall11@gmail.com <mailto:atoall11@gmail.com>
>     <mailto:atoall11@gmail.com <mailto:atoall11@gmail.com>>> wrote:
>      >>
>      >>     Dear sir,
>      >>
>      >>     Your web accessibility tool list has many broken links please
>      >>     update it.
>      >>
>      >>     Some domains have been expired and buy from other companies
>     to get
>      >>     links.
>      >>
>      >>     Please update it.
>      >>
>      >>     Sanjeev Kumar
>      >> https://Webaccessibilitytool.com
>     <https://Webaccessibilitytool.com> <https://Webaccessibilitytool.com
>     <https://Webaccessibilitytool.com>>
>      >>     Bathinda Punjab India
>      >>
>      >>
>      >>
>      >> --
>      >>
>      >> Sharron Rush| Executive Director
>      >>
>      >> Knowbility.org: to create a more inclusive digital world for all
>      >> abilities
>      >>
>      >> (office) 512.527.3138 x 104
>      >>
>      > --
>      > Judy Brewer
>      > Director, Web Accessibility Initiative
>      > at the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
>      > 105 Broadway, Room 7-128, MIT/CSAIL
>      > Cambridge MA 02142 USA
>      > www.w3.org/WAI/ <http://www.w3.org/WAI/>
>      >
> 
>     -- 
>     Shadi Abou-Zahra - http://www.w3.org/People/shadi/
>     <http://www.w3.org/People/shadi/>
>     Accessibility Strategy and Technology Specialist
>     Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
>     World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> 
> Sharron Rush| Executive Director
> 
> Knowbility.org: to create a more inclusive digital world for all abilities
> 
> (office) 512.527.3138 x 104
> 

-- 
Shadi Abou-Zahra - http://www.w3.org/People/shadi/
Accessibility Strategy and Technology Specialist
Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)

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