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Bug 12892 - 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
Summary: If I understand correctly the u element is for marking up iconic stuff like a...
Status: RESOLVED NEEDSINFO
Alias: None
Product: HTML WG
Classification: Unclassified
Component: LC1 HTML5 spec (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Other other
: P3 normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Ian 'Hixie' Hickson
QA Contact: HTML WG Bugzilla archive list
URL: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/...
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Reported: 2011-06-05 21:56 UTC by contributor
Modified: 2011-08-10 22:11 UTC (History)
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Description contributor 2011-06-05 21:56:16 UTC 
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.

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Comment 1 Michael[tm] Smith 2011-08-04 05:03:10 UTC 
mass-moved component to LC1
Comment 2 Ian 'Hixie' Hickson 2011-08-10 22:11:12 UTC 
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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"?