Kilotest: Diagnoses of image not named violation by HTML element 481 on International Consortium of Investigative Journalists newsletter subscribe page

Basics

About the page

• URL: https://www.icij.org/newsletter/
• Tested 3 days ago on 2026-10-07 at 21:54 by job 261007T2132-muf
• Summary of results:
  • Rule engines:
    • Called: 12
    • Were able to test: 11
    • Reported any rule violations: 11
  • Violations: 1641
  • Violators: 406
  • Issues: 53
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About the issue

• Why it matters: User cannot get help to know what is in an image
• Priority: highest
• Related WCAG standard: 1.1.1
• Reported by 9 rule engines (Accessibility Checker + Alfa + Axe + Editoria11y + Html Checker + HTML CodeSniffer + Pour + QualWeb + SureA11y)
• Violations: 126
• Violators: 28

About the violator

• Tag name: IMG
• Text: [not applicable]
• Start tag: <img width="100%" src="https://mcusercontent.com/0d48a33b1c24d257734cc2a79/images/c0262bbc-fa04-822c-88f4-9dc789c0e098.jpg">
• XPath: [not obtained]
• Bounding box: x = 365, y = 5746, width = 309, height = 174
• Reported by Accessibility Checker + Axe + Editoria11y + Html Checker + HTML CodeSniffer + Pour + QualWeb + SureA11y

Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the image not named issue for HTML element 481 of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists newsletter subscribe page.

1. Images must have alternative text; Element does not have an alt attribute; aria-label attribute does not exist or is empty; aria-labelledby attribute does not exist, references elements that do not exist or references elements that are empty; Element has no title attribute; Element's default semantics were not overridden with role="none" or role="presentation"

   Rule engine: Axe (Deque)

   Rule: image-alt

2. <p>When screen readers encounter an image with no alt attribute at all, they dictate the url of the image file instead, often one letter at a time.</p> <p><strong>To fix:</strong> either add an empty alt (alt="") to indicate this image should be ignored by screen readers, or add descriptive alt text.</p> <p>Note that a <a href="https://www.w3.org/WAI/tutorials/images/informative" target="_blank" title="Opens in new tab">good alt describes the image's message</a>, not simply what it contains. Depending on the context, the alt for the picture of a child kicking a ball might emphasize the setting, the child, the kick or the ball:</p> <ul> <li>The sunny spring day brought kids to the park for some soccer.</li> <li>A.J. wearing the new team uniform.</li> <li>The game-winning kick curved in from the left sideline!</li> <li>The size 4 ball is the right size for this 9-year-old child.</li> </ul>

   Rule engine: Editoria11y (Princeton University)

   Rule: altMissing

3. Img element missing an alt attribute. Use the alt attribute to specify a short text alternative.

   Rule engine: HTML CodeSniffer (Squiz Labs)

   Rule: E-WCAG2AAA.Principle1.Guideline1_1.1_1_1.H37

4. The image has neither an accessible name nor is marked as decorative or redundant

   Rule engine: Accessibility Checker (IBM)

   Rule: img_alt_valid

5. An img element must have an alt attribute, except under certain conditions. For details, consult guidance on providing text alternatives for images.

   Rule engine: Html Checker (World Wide Web Consortium)

6. Every <img> needs a text alternative

   Rule engine: Pour (David Yarham and Geoffrey Crofte)

   Rule: image-alt

7. [failed] The test target doesn't have an accessible name.

   Rule engine: QualWeb (University of Lisbon)

   Rule: QW-ACT-R17

8. Missing alt attribute on <img>.

   Rule engine: SureA11y (Jorge Rumoroso)

   Rule: img-alt-present