Wikipedia:WikiProject Accessibility

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Welcome to the Accessibility WikiProject!

This project aims to make Wikipedia accessible for users with disabilities. More specifically, accessibility means that people with disabilities can perceive, understand, navigate, and interact with Wikipedia, and that they can contribute to Wikipedia. Accessibility also benefits others, including older people with changing abilities due to aging.

See also: What is accessibility?

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Do you have accessibility problems in Wikipedia? Please, tell us!

Details about the WikiProject Accessibility[edit]

Scope[edit]

The primary focus is on improving the accessibility of articles. The secondary focus is on actively assisting editors with disabilities or other characteristics which inhibit their ability to contribute to the encyclopedia.

Methodology[edit]

The approach to make Wikipedia accessible is based on the W3C's official WCAG 2.0 (a.k.a. ISO/IEC 40500:2012) and ATAG 2.0 guidelines. The guidelines provided by this accessibility project are merely an attempt to reword the WCAG 2.0 into a guideline hopefully easier to understand for editors who are not familiar with accessibility or web development.

Related WikiProjects[edit]

The related and complementary WikiProjects are

Participants[edit]

There is a bot automatically generated list of active editors.

If you are interested in being part of this group, please add your name to the following list; it is ordered alphabetically.

  1. A Lambent Eye (Talk) is new to Wikipedia and eager to help.
  2. a11ygeorge (talk) would like to help update and expand information on international web accessibility laws
  3. Adrian M. H.
  4. AimeeMaree
  5. Akjar13
  6. Annettet
  7. AquitaneHungerForce (talk)
  8. AtomsOrSystems (talk)
  9. Axciom (Talk)
  10. B2project
  11. Bauani
  12. BelovedFreak
  13. Blue Pumpkin Pie
  14. Bsherr (talk)
  15. ~ RobTalk
  16. Caleb Bond
  17. cannona
  18. ♫CheChe♫ talk
  19. Checkingfax
  20. User:CircleGirl
  21. CM2G0005
  22. Contrawwftw
  23. DarkArcherPrince
  24. Diana LaRose
  25. Dodoïste (talk)
  26. Domeditrix (talk · contribs)
  27. doorautomatica talk
  28. DotilasoFa Mi Re Do! Di Ri Fi Si Li Te Le Se Me Ra! is an autistic Wikipedian who can help with color schemes and color-related issues.
  29. -- dsprc [talk]
  30. Est. 2021 (talk · contribs)
  31. EvergreenFir (talk) Please {{re}}
  32. Flounder ceo
  33. Funandtrvl (talk · contribs)
  34. Geekdiva (talk) (Ironically, my disability will prevent me from being very active. Heh! But I appreciate everyone's hard work and will do what I can when I can.)
  35. GJR, a.k.a. oedipus (GJR's talk page | GJR's contributions)
  36. Graham87
  37. Rahul Pandey
  38. user:irtapil - My favourite parts of Wikipedia are the tables. These are what i find easiest to understand, due to my own combination of strengths and struggles, and i expect i am not alone in this. But i know tables can cause accessibility problems for some readers, so i'm keen to help optimise them. User_talk:irtapil
  39. Jidanni
  40. User:John Carter
  41. Jomanila
  42. -- Daniel Jones (talk)
  43. Jonathan Bowen
  44. KaraLG84Talk Page
  45. l'aquatique[talk]
  46. -- Lil_℧niquℇ №1 | talk2me
  47. Macadamia14
  48. Matt Fitzpatrick (talk)
  49. matthewcock
  50. Max Viwe | Viwe The Max
  51. MeekMark (talk · contribs)
  52. Mgifford
  53. Mooeena
  54. Mr. Yondris Ferguson (Leave a Comment)
  55. Neranei (talk)
  56. user:orngjce223 how am I typing?
  57. OwenBlacker
  58. Patient Zerotalk
  59. The Crab Who Played With The Sea (talk)
  60. —PC-XT+
  61. User:Pedant
  62. -- penubag  (talk)
  63. Phorestry (talk) - I put {{lang}} tags to foreign language texts because it provides better accessibility and other benefits. I also have some experience transcribing online image posts into text, so I can help providing alt text to images that need them.
  64. Andy Mabbett | Talk to Andy Mabbett
  65. pjoef (talkcontribs)
  66. Pretended leer
  67. Purplewowies
  68. Quiddity
  69. RexxS (talk)
  70. SFB
  71. Smartyllama
  72. Spencergreenwood (talk)
  73. SunnySydeRamsay (talk) IT Accessibility technician/web content developer at a major American research university with certifications in document accessibility and professional experience in WCAG AA compliance, functional accessibility testing, and providing consultations to people new to IT accessibility.
  74. surueña
  75. Techdude3331
  76. the wub "?!"
  77. TheAwesomeHwyh
  78. Thisisnotatest (Thisisnotatest's talk page)
  79. tombabinszki
  80. Tom Cloyd (talk) - Interested in mental-health-related accessibility issues - certainly an orphan area. We haven't a lot of external guidance to draw upon. A problem.
  81. WikiMacaroons (talk) 12:32, 8 July 2020 (UTC)[]
  82. Winxrocker
  83. Wolbo
  84. xeno (talk)
  85. Zend2020 Accessibility for people living with Disabilities PLWD particularly visually impaired and blind people

You may place {{User WikiProject Accessibility}} on your user page to display the following userbox:

This template will add your user page to:

Templates[edit]

Template Description
WikiProject Accessibility  
WikiProject iconThis page is within the scope of WikiProject Accessibility, a group of editors promoting better access for disabled or otherwise disadvantaged users. For more information, such as what you can do to help, see the main project page.
 
{{WikiProject Accessibility}}, for use on article talk pages for articles within the project. See Category:WikiProject Accessibility articles.
{{Accessibility dispute}}, for use on articles where the accessibility is in question. See Category:Articles with accessibility problems.
[no visible template] {{Alternative text missing}}, for articles with images without alt text, if adding it would improve accessibility.
{{User WikiProject Accessibility}}, userbox for members of the accessibility project. See Category:WikiProject Accessibility participants.
Accessibility barnstar The Accessibility Barnstar
Message here
{{subst:Accessibility Barnstar|message ~~~~}}, used to recognize contributions to the project or improvements to accessibility on Wikipedia.

Userboxes[edit]

Userboxes about disabilities
Disability Userboxes Wikipedians
Asperger syndrome {{User Asperger}} Links
{{User aspie}} Links
High-functioning autism {{User HFA}} Links
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder {{User ADD2}} Links
{{User ADHD}} Links
{{User ADD}} Links
{{User ADHD2}} Links
Bipolar disorder {{User bipolar}} Links
{{User bipolar2}} Links
Blindness {{User blind}} Links
Borderline personality disorder {{User borderline}} Links
Cataplexy {{User cataplexy}} Links
Color blindness {{User Colourblind}} Links
Dyslexia {{User dyslexic}} Links
{{User Lysdexic}} Links
Developmental coordination disorder {{User dyspraxic}} Links
{{User Developmental Dyspraxia}} Links
Dissociative identity disorder {{User Multiplepersondis}} Links
{{User did}} Links
Dysthymia {{User dysthymia}} Links
Hearing loss {{User Deaf}} Links
Narcolepsy {{User narcolepsy}} Links
Pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified {{User PDD-NOS}} Links
Psychosis / Schizophrenia {{User psychosis}} Links
{{User Schizoid}} Links
{{User SAD}} Links
{{User SZA}} Links
{{User SZD}} Links
{{User schizophrenia}} Links
{{User schizotypal}} Links

See also[edit]

External watchlist[edit]