Talk:Web Content Accessibility Guidelines

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Social model

Is there a consenus on the use of the Social model of disability? Should "disabled users" be changed to "users with a disability"? Drlurch 21:08, 8 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The terminology is not the same in every country and has evolved over time. "Disabled users" does not necessarily imply a medical model but is also used by people who find that society, not their impairment, disables them. ChristopheS (talk) 09:29, 6 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Clarification needed

"Businesses that have an online presence should provide accessibility to disabled users. Not only are there ethical and commercial justifications[23] for implementing the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, in many jurisdictions, there are also legal reasons. If a business's website is not accessible, then the website owner could be sued for discrimination.[24]" This implies that websties must follow the WCAG, whereas I believe no law requires websties to follow the WCAG specifically, only that they are accesible to disabled users. Following the WCAG is only one way to achieve this. If there is a legal requirement to follow the WCAG, I would like to know, and if there isn't, clarification is needed. Eldomtom2 (talk) 11:54, 10 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

WCAG Samurai

Should the WCAG Samurai links be maintained? Or should they be frozen to an archive from 2008 or so?

The WCAG Samurai site seems to have been hijacked. The content is still there, but it's now hidden behind a load of SEO sales content - which isn't even accessible.

Given the poor achievement of the WCAG generally, I'd like to see the role of the Samurai much expanded here (WCAG itself is not a good goal for reaching accesibility), but not at the cost of plugging whoever is now running the site. Andy Dingley (talk) 10:08, 3 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

WCAG 2 is the current standard. Levels A and AA even have been integrated into the European standard EN 301 549. WCAG Samurai was one person's crusade and isn't more than a historical footnote now. Even Joe Clark no longer maintains it. ChristopheS (talk) 09:31, 6 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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