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Bug 25205 - For the <strike> element, implement what HTML5 says.
Summary: For the <strike> element, implement what HTML5 says.
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: HTML Checker
Classification: Unclassified
Component: General (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: PC All
: P2 normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Michael[tm] Smith
QA Contact: qa-dev tracking
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Reported: 2014-03-29 12:35 UTC by Leif Halvard Silli
Modified: 2014-03-29 12:36 UTC (History)
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Description Leif Halvard Silli 2014-03-29 12:35:07 UTC 
This bug report has this thread in www-validator@ as starting point:

http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-validator/2014Mar/0039.html

STATUS:

1) Document containing <strike>:
   data:text/html,<!DOCTYPE html><title>S<%2Ftitle><strike>stricken<%2Fstrike>
2) NU validator’s response:
   ”The strike element is obsolete. Use CSS instead.”
3) What the HTML spec says about <strike>:
   ]] strike
      Use del instead if the element is marking an edit,
      otherwise use s instead. [[
   http://www.w3.org/html/wg/drafts/html/master/obsolete.html#strike

ISSUE:

Validator does not implement the advice given in the spec. Why advice about using CSS when the spec propose to replace the element with <s> or <del>? 

EXPECTED OUTCOME:

Validator should advice authors to change <strike> to <s> or <del>.