Kilotest: Diagnoses of link indication poor violation by HTML element 347 on Wikimedia Foundation contact page

Basics

About the page

• URL: https://wikimediafoundation.org/contact/
• Tested 2 days ago on 2026-10-07 at 23:09 by job 261007T2305-3mn
• Summary of results:
  • Rule engines:
    • Called: 12
    • Were able to test: 12
    • Reported any rule violations: 11
  • Violations: 335
  • Violators: 166
  • Issues: 42
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About the issue

• Why it matters: User cannot differentiate a link from plain text
• Priority: low
• Related WCAG standard: 1.3.3
• Reported by 4 rule engines (Axe + Pour + SureA11y + Testaro)
• Violations: 43
• Violators: 16

About the violator

• Tag name: A
• Text: our press room
• Start tag: <a href="/about/press/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">
• XPath: /html/body/div[2]/main[1]/div[2]/p[6]/a[1]
• Bounding box: x = 469, y = 1367, width = 139, height = 24
• Reported by Pour + SureA11y + Testaro

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Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the link indication poor issue for HTML element 347 of the Wikimedia Foundation contact page.

1. Links inside text must be distinguishable by more than colour

   Rule engine: Pour (David Yarham and Geoffrey Crofte)

   Rule: link-in-text-block

2. This link in a block of text relies on color alone to be distinguished from the surrounding text.

   Rule engine: SureA11y (Jorge Rumoroso)

   Rule: link-in-text-block

3. Element has adjacent text but is not underlined

   Rule engine: Testaro (CVS Health)

   Rule: linkUl