Re: Missing a "valid" icon for modern versions of HTML

On 24 Nov 2018, at 12:46, Sami wrote:

> Hello! I want my site to have a link to the validator with a "valid 
> html" icon image, but all icons distributed in w3.org contain html 
> version numbers. There is no icon for HTML versions newer than 4.01. I 
> think that should be fixed.

This has been discussed [many times 
before](https://www.w3.org/Search/Mail/Public/advanced_search?type-index=www-validator&index-type=t&keywords=icon&search=Search&resultsperpage=20&sortby=date&page=2), 
including in [this 
message](https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-validator/2015Jan/0030.html) 
which says:

> No, there won't be a Valid HTML icon any time soon and likely not 
> ever.
>
> The reason is basically that "This is valid" icons/badges promote the 
> idea
> that there's significant value in making public claims of pass/fail
> document-conformance requirements in standards.
>
> But the HTML5 checker is by design not intended to encourage anybody 
> to use
> it as a means to make public assertions of simple pass/fail 
> conformance of
> any documents to any particular specifications; it's intended solely 
> as a
> checker -- for people to use to catch unintended mistakes in documents 
> and
> fix them -- not as a pass/fail certification mechanism.