Author: mpt
Description:
MediaWiki interprets '' as <em>. But most pages created
with MediaWiki are for Wikimedia projects, which aren't
like most other Web sites; most of our uses of italics are
for citations of works <cite>, phrases in other languages
<i lang="de">, taxonomical names <i class="taxonomy">, or
mathematical variables <var>. Very, very few are for
emphasized text. Since Wikimedia project contributors are
unlikely to care about the distinction between <em>/<cite>/
<var>/<dfn>/etc, articles would sound more sensible to
screenreaders if '' was interpreted as the neutral <i>.
(Possibly new syntax for emphasis, citations, and variables
could be created later for those thoughtful enough to use
it.)
Version: unspecified
Severity: normal
See Also:
T3038: Reflect XHTML trend from "b" and "i" towards "strong" and "em"
T9921: ''Text'' and '''Text''' should use em and strong