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All users, regardless of disability, should be able to read, navigate, and contribute to RetroWikipedia easily. Therefore, when editing articles:
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=== DO: ===
* [[File:Green check.png|20px|link=|alt=]] Use [[RetroWikipedia:Manual of Style/Accessibility#Color|'''high contrast''' and '''color-blind friendly''']] color schemes.
* [[File:Green check.png|20px|link=|alt=]] Provide '''[[RetroWikipedia:Manual of Style/Accessibility#Images|alt text and a caption]]''' for most images.
* [[File:Green check.png|20px|link=|alt=]] Provide a '''text description''' of any charts or diagrams.
* [[File:Green check.png|20px|link=|alt=]] '''[[RetroWikipedia:Manual of Style/Accessibility#Headings|Nest section headings sequentially]].'''
* [[File:Green check.png|20px|link=|alt=]] Create  [[RetroWikipedia:Manual of Style/Accessibility#Data tables|'''correctly structured tables''']].
* [[File:Green check.png|20px|link=|alt=]] Wrap [[RetroWikipedia:Manual of Style/Accessibility#Other languages|non-English words or phrases]] in '''{{tl|lang}}''' or '''{{tl|transliteration}}'''.
* [[File:Green check.png|20px|link=|alt=]] Ask any accessibility-related questions at '''[[RetroWikipedia talk:WikiProject Accessibility|WikiProject Accessibility's talk page]]'''.
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=== DON'T: ===
* [[File:Red x.svg|20px|link=|alt=]]  '''Don't''' impede the '''ability to  distinguish [[RetroWikipedia:Manual of Style/Accessibility#Color|links]]''' from regular text.
* [[File:Red x.svg|20px|link=|alt=]] '''Don't''' use '''[[RetroWikipedia:Manual of Style/Accessibility#Users with limited CSS/JavaScript support|scrolling lists or collapsible sections]]''' to conceal content. (See exceptions in the [[RetroWikipedia:Manual of Style#Scrolling lists and collapsible content|Manual of Style]]).
* [[File:Red x.svg|20px|link=|alt=]] '''Don't'''  use '''[[RetroWikipedia:Manual of Style/Accessibility#Color|color]] as the only means''' of conveying information.
* [[File:Red x.svg|20px|link=|alt=]] '''Don't''' use '''[[RetroWikipedia:Manual of Style/Accessibility#Tables|tables]] for layout'''—use <code><nowiki><div></nowiki></code> blocks instead.
* [[File:Red x.svg|20px|link=|alt=]] '''Don't''' leave '''[[RetroWikipedia:Manual of Style/Accessibility#Lists|blank lines]] between list items'''.
* [[File:Red x.svg|20px|link=|alt=]] '''Don't''' use '''[[Unicode]] characters as icons''' or images.
* [[File:Red x.svg|20px|link=|alt=]] '''Don't''' '''[[WP:SANDWICH|sandwich]] text between two images''', and '''don't''' use '''[[RetroWikipedia:Image use policy#Displayed image size|fixed image sizes]]''' unless absolutely necessary.
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== See also ==
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