12892 2011-06-05 21:56:16 +0000 If I understand correctly the u element is for marking up iconic stuff like astrological signs, censored swearwords, etc.? As well as text that has lost its meaning because it is misspelt or otherwise corrupted? Please make the definition more clear, it i 2011-08-10 22:11:12 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified HTML WG LC1 HTML5 spec unspecified Other other RESOLVED NEEDSINFO http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#the-u-element P3 normal --- 1 contributor ian ayg ian mike public-html-admin public-html-wg-issue-tracking public-html-bugzilla oldest_to_newest 49208 0 contributor 2011-06-05 21:56:16 +0000 Specification: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/text-level-semantics.html Section: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#the-u-element Comment: If I understand correctly the u element is for marking up iconic stuff like astrological signs, censored swearwords, etc.? As well as text that has lost its meaning because it is misspelt or otherwise corrupted? Please make the definition more clear, it is very fuzzy. Also I fail to understand why the name of a ship should only be marked in i in *western* text. A name is a name in any language. If the i element becomes ambiguous in a (chinese?) language it should be redefined to remove the ambiguity, not adding yet another fuzzy element to the stack. Posted from: 88.251.227.197 User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:2.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0.1 52618 1 mike 2011-08-04 05:03:10 +0000 mass-moved component to LC1 54640 2 ian 2011-08-10 22:11:12 +0000 EDITOR'S RESPONSE: This is an Editor's Response to your comment. If you are satisfied with this response, please change the state of this bug to CLOSED. If you have additional information and would like the editor to reconsider, please reopen this bug. If you would like to escalate the issue to the full HTML Working Group, please add the TrackerRequest keyword to this bug, and suggest title and text for the tracker issue; or you may create a tracker issue yourself, if you are able to do so. For more details, see this document: http://dev.w3.org/html5/decision-policy/decision-policy.html Status: Did Not Understand Request Change Description: no spec change Rationale: Could you elaborate on your line of reasoning for "iconic stuff like astrological signs, censored swearwords"?