I'll gladly be a friend On 2 February 2011 23:56, Denis Boudreau <[email protected]>wrote:
> Morning! I would gladly contribute to this initiative as well. I think it's > a great idea. > > > /Denis > > On 2011-02-02, at 04:04, "John Foliot" <[email protected]> wrote: > > So ya’ know Ian, this idea has some legs IMHO. Surely we have more friends > than pages? I add my +1 to this too. > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On > Behalf Of *Emmanuelle Gutiérrez y Restrepo > *Sent:* Tuesday, February 01, 2011 5:07 PM > *To:* [email protected]; 'Danny Ayers' > *Cc:* 'Ian Jacobs'; 'Jonathan Chetwynd'; [email protected]; > [email protected]; 'Tim Berners-Lee' > *Subject:* RE: w3.org site-wide markup review? > > > > +1 for the “adopt a page” idea. > > > > Best regards, > > Emmanuelle > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > *Emmanuelle Gutiérrez y Restrepo* > > Directora de la Fundación Sidar > > Coordinadora del Seminario SIDAR > > www.sidar.org > > email: [email protected] / <[email protected]>[email protected] > > > > > > > > *De:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *En > nombre de *Chris Beer > *Enviado el:* miércoles, 02 de febrero de 2011 0:14 > *Para:* Danny Ayers > *CC:* Ian Jacobs; Jonathan Chetwynd; [email protected]; > [email protected]; Tim Berners-Lee > *Asunto:* Re: w3.org site-wide markup review? > > > > All > > Why not start an "adopt a page" concept - members orgs and regular users > could adopt a page or a number of pages and check validity and currency. > Source code changes could simply be sent in and the page re-uploaded with > the new code. > > Just a thought. :) > > Chris > > On 2/2/2011 6:45 AM, Danny Ayers wrote: > > On 1 February 2011 18:55, Ian Jacobs < <[email protected]>[email protected]> wrote: > > > > w3.org has a very large number of pages. I don't expect to fix all of them. > > I focus on the ones that are brought to my attention. We use some tools > > internally (and have used more historically, but less so now) to check for > > validity, for instance. > > > > But for heaven's sake (despite Jonathan's comment), it isn't 1998! > > > > The fact that there are a large number of pages is exactly the reason > > relying on one person at the end of an email address to fix them is a > > bad idea. > > > > Tools do become less useful over time and fall into disuse if they're > > not actively maintained. But as strategies go, doing without tools > > isn't very sound. > > > > I agree that a page might be broken and not reported. And tools help us > > catch some of those. > > > > I bet the Amaya page wasn't the first reported with problems re. fixed > > px value. Wouldn't it be a wee bit more efficient if rather than > > reports like these triggering the correction of that single page, they > > triggered the addition of an extra check to a tool with site-wide > > coverage..? > > > > For an > > organisation who's raison d'etre is to improve the Web, their Web > > presence should be as good as possible: "good enough" *isn't*. It goes > > down to credibility. > > > > I agree that we have to maintain high standards on our site. Credibility > > will be derived from a number of factors. We don't have budget for all of > > them, alas. > > > > Regarding budget, prevention of problems usually costs less than > > repair. A stitch in time etc, This is especially true when it comes to > > credibility, which is much easier to lose than regain. Are the W3C's > > offices protected by sprinklers and fire insurance or a man with a > > bucket? > > > > I'd also love to know what factors impact credibility more than the > > public (and industry) face of the organisation. What you might call > > the World Wide Web aspect of the W3C. > > > > Cheers, > > Danny. > > > > > > > > -- > *Chris Beer** Invited Expert (Public Member) W3 eGovernment Interest Group > & W3-WAI WCAG Working Group Coordinator - Better Practices in using > Technology to Delivery Government Services Online - eGovernment IG Task > Force EM: <[email protected]>[email protected] TW: > @zBeer<http://www.twitter.com/zBeer>LI: > <http://au.linkedin.com/in/zbeer>http://au.linkedin.com/in/zbeer* > > -- Gian Wild Manager, Usability and Accessibility Services ITS Web Centre ph. 990 20535 email [email protected]
