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Bug 18848 - Error in HTML code example for the blockquote element
Summary: Error in HTML code example for the blockquote element
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: HTML WG
Classification: Unclassified
Component: HTML5 spec author view (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Macintosh MacOS X
: P2 minor
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Michael[tm] Smith
QA Contact: HTML WG Bugzilla archive list
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Reported: 2012-09-12 03:30 UTC by Roger Gordon
Modified: 2012-09-25 12:25 UTC (History)
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Description Roger Gordon 2012-09-12 03:30:30 UTC
The following example html code contains an error:

<figure>
 <blockquote>
  <p>The truth may be puzzling. It may take some work to grapple with.
  It may be counterintuitive. It may contradict deeply held
  prejudices. It may not be consonant with what we desperately want to
  be true. But our preferences do not determine what's true. We have a
  method, and that method helps us to reach not absolute truth, only
  asymptotic approaches to the truth — never there, just closer
  and closer, always finding vast new oceans of undiscovered
  possibilities. Cleverly designed experiments are the key.</p>
 </blockquote>
 <figcaption>Carl Sagan, in "<cite>Wonder and Skepticism</cite>", from
 the <cite>Skeptical Enquirer</cite> Volume 19, Issue 1 (January-February
 1995)</cite></figcaption>
</figure>

The final </cite> tag is redundant as far as I can tell.
Comment 1 Robin Berjon 2012-09-25 12:25:27 UTC
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Status: Accepted
Rationale: Change already made