Kilotest: Diagnoses of link indication poor violation by HTML element 396 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: legal@wikimedia.org
• Start tag: <a href="mailto:legal@wikimedia.org">
• XPath: /html/body/div[2]/main[1]/div[2]/p[18]/a[1]
• Bounding box: x = 360, y = 3279, width = 191, height = 24
• Reported by SureA11y + Testaro

Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the link indication poor issue for HTML element 396 of the Wikimedia Foundation contact page.

1. 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

2. Element has adjacent text but is not underlined

   Rule engine: Testaro (CVS Health)

   Rule: linkUl