Community Wishlist Survey 2023/Notifications, Watchlists and Talk Pages/Discussion pages should not use HTML lists

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Discussion pages should not use HTML lists

Problem: Due to an accident of history, we have used HTML lists for discussions, including using : for indentation. Using : for indentation is an accessibility problem for users as it indicates a definition list, yet it is used to indicate a reply.
Proposed solution: Change the meaning of : when used on talk pages, when they are not preceded by ; (the definition) to generate simply indentation, and include a backlabel for screenreaders to find the comment to which it is a reply to.
Who would benefit: Screenreader users, but also keyboard navigation warriors
More comments: There has been some discussion about introducing new syntax for this purpose, but i don't think that this is required. More importantly, I don't think new syntax is DESIRED by the editors. Yet it is still a problem we should solve. This might also help us solve the problem of endless indentation on talk pages, which is problematic for editors without a 24+ inch screen. Discussion Tools have shown that we can do many things to solve problems like this if we really want to.
Phabricator tickets: T6521
Proposer: —TheDJ (talk • contribs) 16:30, 5 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

Voting

Support A talk page should be its own content model where markup is interpreted differently. Nardog (talk) 18:01, 10 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Tol (talk | contribs) @ 20:52, 10 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Interesting idea. Would have to support *: and #: and such probably. Nux (talk) 21:28, 10 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Significa liberdade (talk) 22:00, 10 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support عُثمان (talk) 23:51, 10 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support NMaia (talk) 00:09, 11 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support * Pppery * _{it has begun} 03:59, 11 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support EpicPupper (talk) 05:24, 11 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Gohan 06:46, 11 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Matěj Suchánek (talk) 09:22, 11 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support SD0001 (talk) 10:26, 11 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Simeon (talk) 12:23, 11 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Nw520 (talk) 12:25, 11 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Wikipelli (talk) 12:58, 11 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support ^{s a n t a | t a l k | p i t} 13:18, 11 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support per Nardog OwenBlacker (Talk) 15:08, 11 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Golmote (talk) 15:44, 11 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support LauraFarina (talk) 18:47, 11 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Sgd. —Hasley 19:04, 11 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Betseg (talk) 04:15, 12 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support HLFan (talk) 08:44, 12 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Husky (talk) 21:09, 12 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Funcrunch (talk) 23:47, 12 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Thomas Kinz (talk) 00:31, 13 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Izno (talk) 07:48, 13 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support : is already established, but it should not generate bad HTML. Error (talk) 16:12, 13 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Wargo (talk) 21:05, 13 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support JAn Dudík (talk) 21:39, 13 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Just N. (talk) 15:05, 14 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Quiddity (talk) 21:10, 14 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Matma Rex (talk) 22:24, 15 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support ಮಲ್ನಾಡಾಚ್ ಕೊಂಕ್ಣೊ (talk) 17:46, 16 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Kays (talk) 02:02, 17 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Geraki ^T_L 11:55, 17 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support stjn^[ru] 14:10, 17 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support This should be changed to support some HTML indents. Thingofme (talk) 02:47, 18 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Fabius Lector (talk) 10:56, 18 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support · · · Peter (Southwood) ^(talk): 14:29, 18 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support LauritzT (talk) 14:57, 18 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support cyrfaw (talk) 15:00, 18 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 16:01, 18 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Let's be a good example of using HTML properly. Lots of people will benefit from this change. CRGreathouse (talk) 19:42, 21 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support SoupePrimordiale (talk) 07:55, 24 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]