Kilotest: Diagnoses of image link not named violation by HTML element 1153 on Wikimedia Foundation page

Basics

About the page

• URL: https://wikimediafoundation.org/
• Tested 3 days ago on 2026-10-07 at 23:16 by job 261007T2305-8ye
• Summary of results:
  • Rule engines:
    • Called: 12
    • Were able to test: 12
    • Reported any rule violations: 11
  • Violations: 1201
  • Violators: 392
  • Issues: 68
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About the issue

• Why it matters: User cannot get help understanding what a link points to
• Priority: highest
• Related WCAG standard: 2.4.4
• Reported by 4 rule engines (ASLint + HTML CodeSniffer + QualWeb + WAVE)
• Violations: 8
• Violators: 6

About the violator

• Tag name: A
• Text: [not applicable]
• Start tag: <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.wikipedia&amp;referrer=?utm_source=andfooter&amp;utm_campaign=wmfSite">
• XPath: /html/body/div[2]/footer[1]/div[1]/div[2]/div[1]/figure[2]/a[1]
• Bounding box: x = 823, y = 6178, width = 120, height = 40
• Reported by HTML CodeSniffer + QualWeb

Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the image link not named issue for HTML element 1153 of the Wikimedia Foundation page.

1. Img element is the only content of the link, but is missing alt text. The alt text should describe the purpose of the link.

   Rule engine: HTML CodeSniffer (Squiz Labs)

   Rule: E-WCAG2AAA.Principle1.Guideline1_1.1_1_1.H30.2

2. [failed] The image doesn't have an accessible name.

   Rule engine: QualWeb (University of Lisbon)

   Rule: QW-WCAG-T21