Kilotest: Diagnoses of tab-opening link action unstated? violation by HTML element 897 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: Following a link opens a new window, possibly surprising a user
• Priority: lowest
• Related WCAG standard: 3.2.5
• Reported by 3 rule engines (ASLint + Pour + Testaro)
• Violations: 141
• Violators: 94

About the violator

• Tag name: A
• Text: CC0 1.0
• Start tag: <a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">
• XPath: /html/body/div[2]/main[1]/section[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[15]/div[2]/div[2]/a[1]
• Bounding box: x = 1230, y = 5397, width = 58, height = 20
• Reported by Pour + Testaro

Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the tab-opening link action unstated? issue for HTML element 897 of the Wikimedia Foundation page.

1. Links opening a new window should say so

   Rule engine: Pour (David Yarham and Geoffrey Crofte)

   Rule: new-window-link

2. Link has a target=_blank attribute

   Rule engine: Testaro (CVS Health)

   Rule: linkExt