Kilotest: Diagnoses of link not named violation by HTML element 200 on DemocracyNext page

Basics

About the page

• URL: https://www.demnext.org/
• Tested 7 days ago on 2026-10-03 at 04:01 by job 261003T0358-706
• Summary of results:
  • Rule engines:
    • Called: 12
    • Were able to test: 12
    • Reported any rule violations: 12
  • Violations: 791
  • Violators: 223
  • Issues: 36
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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 9 rule engines (Accessibility Checker + Alfa + Axe + Editoria11y + HTML CodeSniffer + Pour + QualWeb + SureA11y + WAVE)
• Violations: 153
• Violators: 34

About the violator

• Tag name: A
• Text: [not applicable]
• Start tag: <a class="flex self-start h-[46px] w-[46px] items-center justify-center rounded-[46px] bg-gray-200 hover:bg-white transition-colors sm:h-8 sm:w-8 sm:rounded-[32px]" href="http://youtube.com/@democracynext" target="_blank">
• XPath: /html/body/header[1]/div[2]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/a[2]
• Bounding box: x = 1739, y = 28, width = 32, height = 32
• Reported by Accessibility Checker + Axe + Editoria11y + HTML CodeSniffer + Pour + QualWeb + SureA11y + WAVE

Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the link not named issue for HTML element 200 of the DemocracyNext page.

1. Links must have discernible text; Element does not have text that is visible to screen readers; 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

   Rule engine: Axe (Deque)

   Rule: link-name

2. <p>This link is either a typo (e.g., a linked space character), or wrapped around something with no text alternative (an image with no alt attribute).</p> <p>Screen readers will either pause with an uninformative silence when they reach this link: <br>"Link, [...awkward pause where the link title should be...],"<br>or spell out the URL, character by character: <br>"Link, H-T-T-P-S forward-slash forward-slash example dot com"</p> <p><strong>To fix:</strong> add text if this should be a link, or delete it if it is a typo.</p>

   Rule engine: Editoria11y (Princeton University)

   Rule: linkNoText

3. Anchor element found with a valid href attribute, but no link content has been supplied.

   Rule engine: HTML CodeSniffer (Squiz Labs)

   Rule: E-WCAG2AAA.Principle4.Guideline4_1.4_1_2.H91.A.NoContent

4. Hyperlink has no link text, label or image with a text alternative

   Rule engine: Accessibility Checker (IBM)

   Rule: a_text_purpose

5. Links must have an accessible name

   Rule engine: Pour (David Yarham and Geoffrey Crofte)

   Rule: link-name

6. [failed] The test target doesn't have an accessible name, or it's empty ('').

   Rule engine: QualWeb (University of Lisbon)

   Rule: QW-ACT-R12

7. This link has no accessible name.

   Rule engine: SureA11y (Jorge Rumoroso)

   Rule: link-name-present

8. Empty link

   Rule engine: WAVE (Utah State University)

   Rule: link_empty