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Bug 21938 - Why don't you add the datetime attribute onto the <blockquote> element in order to present when the author read the cited text?
Summary: Why don't you add the datetime attribute onto the <blockquote> element in ord...
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: WHATWG
Classification: Unclassified
Component: HTML (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Other other
: P3 normal
Target Milestone: Unsorted
Assignee: Ian 'Hixie' Hickson
QA Contact: contributor
URL: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/...
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Reported: 2013-05-06 18:32 UTC by contributor
Modified: 2013-06-07 21:33 UTC (History)
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Description contributor 2013-05-06 18:32:47 UTC 
Specification: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/grouping-content.html
Multipage: http://www.whatwg.org/C#the-blockquote-element
Complete: http://www.whatwg.org/c#the-blockquote-element
Referrer: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/

Comment:
Why don't you add the datetime attribute onto the <blockquote> element in
order to present when the author read the cited text?

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Comment 1 Ian 'Hixie' Hickson 2013-06-07 21:33:01 UTC 
Because virtually nobody would use it.

It's a good idea, in the abstract. But we already have <blockquote cite>, and basically nobody uses that. I don't want to add more features that nobody'll use.

In the meantime, I recommend using data-datetime="". If a lot of people start using that, then that'll be a good argument to add it to the spec after all.

   <blockquote data-datetime="...">