Kilotest: Violations of link indication poor issue for 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

Violators

Here are the HTML elements reported to violate rules belonging to the link indication poor issue.

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• Element 578

  • Tag name: A
  • Text: a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International license
  • Start tag: <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[2]/footer[1]/div[1]/p[1]/a[1]
  • Bounding box: x = 833, y = 4486, width = 453, height = 17
  • Reported by SureA11y + Testaro
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• Element 324

  • Tag name: A
  • Text: public mailing lists
  • Start tag: <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Overview">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[2]/main[1]/div[2]/p[1]/a[1]
  • Bounding box: x = 1355, y = 563, width = 168, height = 24
  • Reported by Axe + Pour + SureA11y + Testaro
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• Element 325

  • Tag name: A
  • Text: IRC channels
  • Start tag: <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[2]/main[1]/div[2]/p[1]/a[2]
  • Bounding box: x = 360, y = 591, width = 121, height = 24
  • Reported by Axe + Pour + SureA11y + Testaro
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• Element 365

  • Tag name: A
  • Text: see below
  • Start tag: <a href="#legal">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[2]/main[1]/div[2]/p[10]/a[1]
  • Bounding box: x = 1113, y = 1979, width = 92, height = 24
  • Reported by Axe + Pour + SureA11y + Testaro
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• Element 367

  • Tag name: A
  • Text: Answers on Meta-Wiki
  • Start tag: <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Answers">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[2]/main[1]/div[2]/p[11]/a[1]
  • Bounding box: x = 1111, y = 2075, width = 208, height = 24
  • Reported by Axe + Pour + SureA11y + Testaro
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• Element 379

  • Tag name: A
  • Text: our DMCA takedowns page
  • Start tag: <a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/DMCA_takedowns">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[2]/main[1]/div[2]/p[14]/a[1]
  • Bounding box: x = 1158, y = 2647, width = 253, height = 24
  • Reported by Axe + Pour + SureA11y + Testaro
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• Element 382

  • Tag name: A
  • Text: Requests for User Information Procedures and Guidelines
  • Start tag: <a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_user_information_procedures_%26_guidelines">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[2]/main[1]/div[2]/p[15]/a[1]
  • Bounding box: x = 509, y = 2783, width = 527, height = 24
  • Reported by Pour + SureA11y + Testaro
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• Element 388

  • 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[16]/a[1]
  • Bounding box: x = 360, y = 2963, width = 191, height = 24
  • Reported by SureA11y + Testaro
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• Element 396

  • 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
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• Element 337

  • Tag name: A
  • Text: Zendesk
  • Start tag: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zendesk" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zendesk&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1536955865053000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHHnSkQnfygL0GjUWomNOpkgeviZQ" data-wp-title="Zendesk" data-wp-lang="en">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[2]/main[1]/div[2]/p[4]/small[1]/em[1]/a[1]
  • Bounding box: x = 841, y = 1014, width = 67, height = 20
  • Reported by SureA11y + Testaro
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• Element 338

  • Tag name: A
  • Text: donate@wikimedia.org
  • Start tag: <a href="mailto:donate@wikimedia.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[2]/main[1]/div[2]/p[4]/small[1]/em[1]/a[2]
  • Bounding box: x = 1247, y = 1014, width = 180, height = 20
  • Reported by SureA11y + Testaro
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• Element 339

  • Tag name: A
  • Text: terms
  • Start tag: <a href="https://www.zendesk.com/company/customers-partners/master-subscription-agreement/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.zendesk.com/company/customers-partners/master-subscription-agreement/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1536955865053000&amp;usg=AFQjCNH-n3oI8Jctr9hT7DJQo8hFiZaZdA">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[2]/main[1]/div[2]/p[4]/small[1]/em[1]/a[3]
  • Bounding box: x = 1083, y = 1042, width = 44, height = 20
  • Reported by SureA11y + Testaro
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• Element 340

  • Tag name: A
  • Text: privacy policy
  • Start tag: <a href="https://www.zendesk.com/company/customers-partners/privacy-policy/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.zendesk.com/company/customers-partners/privacy-policy/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1536955865053000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEx2rXI26ewBLuOPmYHymVRTEoJtQ">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[2]/main[1]/div[2]/p[4]/small[1]/em[1]/a[4]
  • Bounding box: x = 549, y = 1070, width = 108, height = 20
  • Reported by SureA11y + Testaro
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• Element 347

  • 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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• Element 354

  • Tag name: A
  • Text: info@wikimedia.org
  • Start tag: <a href="mailto:info@wikimedia.org">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[2]/main[1]/div[2]/p[8]/small[1]/em[1]/a[1]
  • Bounding box: x = 527, y = 1570, width = 154, height = 20
  • Reported by SureA11y + Testaro
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• Element 417

  • Tag name: A
  • Text: SwarmRobot_org
  • Start tag: <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SwarmRobot_org.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[2]/main[1]/section[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[2]/div[1]/a[1]
  • Bounding box: x = 438, y = 3767, width = 133, height = 20
  • Reported by Testaro
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