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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 01:14, 29 October 2022 (UTC)

Alt attribute

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• ... that organizations have been successfully sued for not using the alt attribute correctly on their websites? Source: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/joca.12307 I know it's behind a paywall but on page 5 it says ALT-text was at the center of the NFB vs. Target Corp. lawsuit. Target's website had no ALT-text, so instead of the screen-reader reading “Hoover Wind-Tunnel Vacuum Cleaner,” it would only recognize the item number, for example, J25423641654. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/4438989 explains that the lawsuit was successful and set a precedent. This next source discusses a successful Australian lawsuit that also focused on the alt attribute: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2000/aug/30/internetnews.sydney
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed

Improved to Good Article status by Aoidh (talk). Self-nominated at 00:19, 17 October 2022 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: @Aoidh: Good article! Hook is interesting, article is a good article, and the QPQ is done. Approving nomination. Onegreatjoke (talk) 12:33, 17 October 2022 (UTC)