Talk:HTML/Archive 3

Suggestion: External links to tutorials
There used to be a list of external links to 4-5 good HTML tutorials (HTML.net among others). I do not understand why this list has been removed? Especially not when there still is a list of external links to validators... why not tutorials? I think it would add extra value to the article.


 * If there is no objections I will re-add the section with external links to HTML tutorials . 80.199.104.157 (talk) 11:20, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

This is one reason why i cant take wikipedia seriously, almost no matter the level of quality and relevancy, its hard to get any useful links included. There is no valid reason not to include links to sites like w3cschools, Brugbart, or html.net

Dmoz listings or not, we simply cant just copy links from dmoz as some has suggested, because dmoz has demonstrated that its very hard to get listed whitin reasonable time, not to mention get information regarding your submissions.

I would suggest that some external links are maintained to the most useful Resources, I.E. Those who doesn't teach to much about deprecated attributes and elements, because it will only confuse beginners. Its about time to start looking forward. If people seak information on such, they can easily look them up in the official reference specifications when needed. There is no point in teaching HTML alone anymore, we should start looking at HTML and CSS as being a combined tool, and forget about deprecated attributes. (212.242.137.107 (talk) 23:04, 12 August 2008 (UTC))

If the external links do not adhere to the WP:EL guidelines, especially 4.1 Advertising and conflicts of interest then they should not be present, "Due to the rising prominence of Wikipedia and the amount of extra traffic it can bring a site, there is a great temptation to use Wikipedia to advertise or promote sites. "

If people want HTML tutorials they can search the internet for them, google does a good job of indexing the web automatically, there is no reason to add links by hand to wikipedia, especially if they conflict with WP:EL. Jeffz1 (talk) 01:41, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

"google does a good job... there is no reason to add links..." But that goes for everything!? Why external links to validators but no to tutorials? I think both - if it useful to the readers. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Andreas2008 (talk • contribs) 07:47, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

"google does a good job... there is no reason to add links..." If everyone took this attitude, Google's ranking mechanism would cease to function. Cq142 (talk) 06:06, 23 August 2008 (UTC)

I suggest we add 3-4 external links to tutorials which could useful to the readers. A couple of suggestions (which used to be listed): HTML Dog and HTML.net —Preceding unsigned comment added by Andreas2008 (talk • contribs) 13:02, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

Now we just need Brugbart.com, and w3cschools.com listed. I see that the policy on external links has improved, i would also like to respond to the comment on how much extra traffic wikipedia provides webmasters. Obviously there is a reason they post their links, but it actually doesn't account for much more then 10 visitors/months. Users of wikipedia tend to overestimate the traffic coming from wikis, including webmasters spamming links at times. But hay, at least it keeps thep occupied. (212.242.137.107 (talk) 03:51, 14 June 2009 (UTC))

Suggestion: Add HTML Dog & HTML.net
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Tutorials

 * HTML Dog
 * HTML.net
 * ✅--Aervanath lives in the Orphanage 16:59, 15 September 2008 (UTC)

PageFace.com - Site Recommendation
I would like to suggest PageFace - HTML & XHTML Tutorials there web site has very in-depth and easy to learn tutorials like no other site that I have been to except W3.org. I believe the people who are really interested in trying to learn HTML would benefit from this site greatly as I have.

Thank You

18:00 August 13, 2007 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hightilidie (talk • contribs) 17:15, 14 August 2007 UTC


 * This particular "suggestion" has previously been added to the external links of many pages, and then subsequently removed as linkspam. -- Scjessey 17:31, 14 August 2007 (UTC)


 * Hightilidie, I've just taken a brief look round the website. Frankly its one of the ugliest most spam-infested sites I have ever seen. Its also completely unfit for purpose — the home page fails validation with 60 errors. This is your own website, right? Please read the Wikipedia guidelines on spam and external links before you consider linking any articles to this site or to anything else you may be working on. -- Sakurambo 桜ん坊 17:43, 14 August 2007 (UTC)


 * I just took a look at the site finding it on a tutorial site and remember seeing it on Talk:HTML but did not think to look at it until now it has some good info I did not see any spam just ads unless you consider advertisement spam in that case almost all your web sites spam. I checked the validation of the site it did fail validation but then again almost all your major web sites fail validation from tucows.com, ebay.com, yahoo.com, myspace.com and so on all fail validation. User:Sakurambo you said the site was one of ugliest sites around I have to disagree its very easy on the eyes I did take a look at your site and I will just ended at that well I would say I like the PlayStation article but I wish I could say more. I do not know if wiki user Hightilidie is the owner of the web site but I will contact them because I need help with my forms as well as some unicode charcters Hope they answer. I'll keep you guys updated but all in all this site has some good info like it or not it its still a good web site from my point of view whish it had more CSS examples though. Tha Web 04:58, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

New tutorial link suggestion though - ragnarev.com/tutorial.html - Ragnarev.com - HTML Tutorials Updated Weekly] - As you can see, I just added the first chapter. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Ragnarev (talk • contribs) 18:05, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
 * ragnarev.com is one of several interrelated domains spammed frequently enough to Wikipedia that they're now blacklisted. --A. B. (talk) 01:53, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

Suggestion: HTML elements index
Suggesting HTML elements index (HTML 3.2, HTML 4.01, XHTML 1.0, XHTML 1.1, HTML 5, XHTML 2.0) for reference. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.189.249.153 (talk) 14:05, 1 July, 2007 (UTC)


 * It's a nice idea to link to a comparison table like this, and I like the fact that it's on a fairly noncommercial, notable author's site, but it has some problems. Even the HTML 5-oriented expanded version is a bit misleading, particularly with how it presents the frameset, form, and deprecated elements. XHTML 1.0, for example, does indeed support,  , etc., but the site says otherwise, perhaps because it's assuming XHTML 1.0 Strict? Why then would it not assume HTML 4.0 Strict for the HTML 4.0 column? And XHTML 2.0, by design, does not inherently support forms, but that's the point of XForms, which is essentially part of XHTML 2.0; I'd rather see these caveats noted with footnotes, if XForms elements can't be added. Perhaps splitting the columns (Strict/Transitional/Frameset under HTML 4.0 and XHTML 1.0, and Core/XForms under XHTML 1.1 and XHTML 2.0?) would be another option. —mjb 21:01, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

It would also be nice to link to a contemporary cross browser tag reference. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.128.156.64 (talk) 03:41, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

Suggestion: HTMLQuick
Cosider adding HTMLQuick.com to the tutorials links. Thank you... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.225.135.123 (talk) 22:20, 28 December 2008 (UTC)
 * This one seems good, with no wrong or misleading info in the little bit I looked at. But like the others, it has 2 or 3 Google ads (banner, box and text) on every page. I'd support adding it to the External Links if there's consensus. (I'd also support us no longer linking to any ad-supported tutorials as well.) What do other regular editors of this article think about HTMLQuick? —mjb (talk) 01:41, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

Use the Source, Luke
I noticed that the article doesn't contain information on accessing Source Code to view the HTML code of other websites. I believe that this is a very important fact missed out. I think that something to do with this should be included. I'm not the best at putting words that sound professional (I'm more informal) but I do think that such a part should be added. What do you think? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 217.23.225.122 (talk) 09:43, 1 May 2007 (UTC).

Very Good Point. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tha Web (talk • contribs) 04:09, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

I also agree. For anyone who didn't know, to view the source code for a page, go to "View" at the top of your browser, then select "Source". I love writing small like this If someone could please add this, that would be helpful. Tommyqiscow (talk) 20:18, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

Incomprehensible article
I noticed that the article hasn't been translated into English yet. Can someone please do that? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.107.171.155 (talk) 06:34, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
 * I have noticed that you still haven't learned how to give constructive criticism. That said: Yes, at least the introduction needs to be rewritten. Both to give a more gentle introduction, and to have a more natural sentense structure. The rest of the article can stay technical; it's a technical subject. Carewolf 09:57, 25 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Saying that an incomprehensible article needs to rewritten to make it better is constructive criticism. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.107.187.88 (talk) 03:58, 26 May 2007 (UTC)


 * No it isn't, it's just criticism. It would've been constructive if you had said something that enables people to make it better or understand what exactly about the article was difficult for you to understand, such as a list of new terms that weren't adequately explained when they were introduced, or examples of phrasing that you found confusing or too technical. Sign your posts, too, even if you're not logged in. —mjb 22:14, 16 June 2007 (UTC)


 * What language, 71.107.171.155/71.107.187.88! OK, now – disregarding direct personal attacks and sarcasms – you seem to imply that the article either has a bad grammar, or uses too much jargon. Then I suggest that you read the first three sentences in the article and the first section Definition of HTML. You cannot get it easier! If the criticism regards other places in the text, then fix it yourself, but do it constructively. Said: Rursus ☺ ★ 09:10, 19 June 2007 (UTC)


 * Hey, 71.107.187.88, that's too much! I've erased the offensive part of your post. Alexius08 (talk) 11:34, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

I've checked the source code on many websites and not found the picture why would that be? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.78.107.206 (talk) 00:11, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Added section: Basic features
Feel free to add, as long as the additions belong to the base features, that doesn't require CSS to have a visible general semantics, or doesn't belong to the special Frames HTML dialect. The section is intended to be a short'n'fast overview. Said: Rursus ☺ ★ 10:14, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

On the wish list
I wish a more detailed comparison between HTML versions, most importantly a description of what is going to differ from 4 to 5. There is discussion of the "officialness" and "standardness" of 5, but it adresses all criticisms that I've felt against SGML/XML (they're not actually defining any semantics), so it will most surely be a success, alongside XHTML and XSLT, of course! Said: Rursus ☺ ★ 09:30, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

Time line restructure request
I took the liberty to separate XHTML from HTML in the section Version history of the standard. However, there is a time line in the HTML section that occurs twice: Shouldn't it be just one chronologically ordered prose text? Otherwise the section will remain very messy. Said: Rursus ☺ ★ 19:40, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
 * 1) a list in chronological order,
 * 2) a prose text in reversed chronological order!!


 * I did pretty much, but some cleanup may still be needed, feel free 2 ... Said: Rursus ☺ ★ 20:29, 19 June 2007 (UTC)


 * There was nothing in reverse order. There was a chronological list of specifications, followed by chronological prose that primarily explains why there's no HTML 3.0 in the list, and the switchover from IETF to W3C. That prose probably could be moved up into the main history section.
 * Separating out the XHTML stuff is fine (and is my preference), but I don't like that you've changed it from being a chronological list of specs into a chronology of spec publication events. That doesn't strike me as an improvement.
 * Also, bold text on the dates is distracting. If it has to be changed, I think I'd rather see a table, as is often done for software release versions (see Adobe Photoshop release history for an example). I started to make such a table, but am still working out how to make it look good; I'm not entirely sure it's going to be an improvement over a bulleted list. —mjb 20:42, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

A year later… I made some mostly cosmetic edits to the timeline today, mainly just converting it to a definition list, but it still needs work. I thought it might help to split the drafts into their own list, but the way lists get formatted is too similar to the way headings are formatted. As long as no info is lost and it's clear which standards are still in effect (HTML 3.2, 4.0, 4.01, and the ISO one), I'd like to see other ways to organize and format this info to make it useful and easy to understand. —mjb (talk) 05:21, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

Nine years of mystery
The main page of this article needs to have a couple paragraphs on the first nine years between 1980 and 1989. Or is that ten years? Since a lot of people (so-called media specialists and self-taught teachers) go to Wikipedia as the first gate to the threshold of their dubious knowledge, they might think that everybody used HTML during that decade, which of course is not the case. 216.99.198.244 (talk) 02:11, 3 October 2010 (UTC)


 * Don't know what do you mean. HTML was invented by Tim Berners-Lee and did go only in Christmas 1991... mabdul 18:51, 31 December 2010 (UTC)

HTML Commands Index
Shouldn't there be an index on Wikipedia for all HTML commands? Since we do use HTML? And a really easy to get to link like maybe one that is listed in this page. If it is already listed or I double posted please just message me to where it is. -PatPeter 02:14, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Help:HTML in wikitext tells you what HTML elements are permitted on Wikipedia. It is one of the guides listed on Help:Contents/Editing Wikipedia. —mjb 09:34, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

But we don't really use that much Real HTML here. Mostly Wikipedia converts Wikimarkup into html to make the articles. And the markup is shown at the bottom when creating a new article. Complex-Algorithm-Interval 13:03, 17 August 2007 (UTC)

Besides, there are too many HTML commands to put on here. And, there are different variations of HTML, like XHTML, for example. Complex-Algorithm 22:49, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

Large section removed
I removed the following two sections in an attempt to do some cleanup on the article. I'm sure later some of this will come back in, but hopefully in a better formatted and better flowing article. ——  Eagle 101 Need help? 18:55, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

Basic features

 * Structured text web pages, with visual formatting of:
 * chapter and section headings,
 * paragraphs and text markup such as italics and bold to stress parts of text,
 * unnumbered and numbered lists,
 * tables;
 * embedding of visible raster images into the text flow;
 * links, which provide access to other web pages on the World Wide Web.

Sophisticated and dynamic documents can be created by combining HTML with presentational languages like CSS, and behavioral languages like JavaScript that give access to the DOM.

Definition of HTML
HTML stands for HyperText Markup Language.


 * 1) Hypertext  is ordinary text that has been dressed up with extra features, such as formatting, images, multimedia, and links to other resources.
 * 2) Markup is the process of taking ordinary text and adding extra symbols. Each of the symbols used for markup in HTML is a command that tells a browser how to display the text.

Tag References
Shouldn't there be a section of HTML tag references?

It's hard to find contemporary cross browser tag references and the collective experience of Wikipedia would be helpful in this regard. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.128.156.64 (talk) 03:39, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

Programming language
Is HTML considered a programming language? WooyiTalk to me? 16:26, 23 November 2007 (UTC)


 * It's a Markup Language. It says it right in the name :) (Hypertext Markup Language) --Quezacolt (talk) 11:07, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

Garbled paragraph?
The following paragraph in the "Attributes" section appears to have been munged somehow:


 * An author may use the  non-attributal codes presentational properties to a particular element. It is considered better practice to use an element’s son-   page and select the element with a stylesheet, though sometimes this can be too cumbersome for a simple ad hoc application of styled properties.

Anyway, I can't make sense of it. Can somebody more knowledgeable clean it up? Dodiad (talk) 06:10, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

Other markup languages for web pages?
The article says html is the predominant markup language for web pages. Which other exists? Is not html the only one?--Adsfawer (talk) 15:03, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

How to analyse a website functionality?
Hello friends,

I am new to the field of marketing a software service, and I want to know in a layman's language -- How do we rate a website --whether it's a 'good' site or a 'not so good' site? Please ignore the role of content or language in the site. But do let me know, how do we rate a site on the basis of design, links, placement of graphics, tools used (like PHP, Flash, HTML, AJAX, ASP, JAVA... etc), certificates, Site-map, Slow / Fast. light or heavy... etc. Which one is better or a good site?

Also please let me know, how to find out for a particular site about the main tools (PHP/HTML/Flash) used in it, by just looking at for only 5 minutes.

Thank You Very Much Prashant 71.125.78.230 (talk) 07:31, 14 June 2008 (UTC)

CSS related propose move
Propose move Internet Explorer box model bug to CSS box model problem (Discuss here: Talk:Internet Explorer box model bug) --Voidvector (talk) 01:20, 2 December 2008 (UTC)

Semantics Non-NPOV
The semantics section of the article is definitely one of the longest sections, despite no references. Moreover, it's a long section praising the idea of semantics over style. I think it'd be a good idea to trim the section, present it far more neutrally and provide an argument against semantics.Kakomu (talk) 14:39, 25 January 2009 (UTC)


 * I re-wrote the Semantics section to condense it. I removed the non-neutral language.  I added a paragraph explaining the shortfalls of Semantic HTML.Kakomu (talk) 21:23, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

new tutorial site
hello. I have posted a new link under the tutorial listings, but find that some are deleting my link by reason of the the sites simplicity...

according to the External Link guidelines:

==Links normally to be avoided ==

6. Links to sites that require payment or registration to view the relevant content, unless the site itself is the subject of the article

and this site is just that... a concise collection of hand written materials for the purpose of teaching the absolute basics of HTML. These tutorials contains no advertising, external links, or materials other than HTML. It is for beginners. Would the wikipedia community approve it's listing? Joshebosh (talk) 21:31, 25 January 2009 (UTC)
 * I'm pretty sure that your site is not the subject of this article. —Magic.Wiki (talk) 08:46, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

htmlalphabet.com? Aside from what Magic.Wiki has already explained, your addition of this site violates Conflict of interest, the "HTML" on the site is bad in almost every possible way, and we already have better tutorial links (last I checked). You should consider taking your website down, as it will surely do a disservice to anyone who decides to use it. ¦ Reisio (talk) 17:11, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

HTML support in Browser
It would be nice to have on Wikipedia a table which shows the various Browsers and the HTML standards they fully support. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.168.243.40 (talk) 16:50, 14 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Check dis outtttt: Comparison of layout engines (HTML) --Ysangkok (talk) 17:58, 18 May 2009 (UTC)

Then since someone has to ask; is this link on the HTML page? If not I'm going to add it. NormiAd (talk) 23:54, 5 November 2009 (UTC)


 * It is — part of the html series infobox. ¦ Reisio (talk) 05:38, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

Helpfulness
Let's say that somone opens this page trying to learn HTML. This will not help them at all. They would have to use may other sites to have any idea at all how to use HTML at all. I think that somebody should add to this page more of a tutorial. Please talk to me on my talk page, not here. NoRmIaD (talk) 22:44, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

HTML Icon illustration
Not too long ago, a WP contributor replaced the stylized icon representation of HTML with an alternate image. The rationale given was:

(cur) (prev) 2009-06-27T23:24:04 Reisio (talk | contribs) (52,389 bytes) (replace silly non-"screenshot" icon image) (undo)

Although it is always appropriate to attempt to improve article content, this change did not constitute an improvement for the following reasons:


 * Established convention: The original icon representation is part of a standardization effort across numerous WP articles
 * (See e.g., SGML, XHTML, SVG, XML, XSLT, XSLT, others )
 * Numerous contributors: The original image series has undergone numerous modifications and enhancement by multiple WP contributors, the result of cumulative combined effort
 * Image features: The original image series includes: 1) context (shows a stylized "page" printout); 2) identification (content is self-identified as "HTML" in the image itself); and 3) representation (the image shows a fragment of markup)
 * Screenshots: Screenshots can be included in addition to the icon representation as part of the article content (see e.g., SGML for an example). Also, the image uses non-English text to make the markup structure more prominent and more amenable to use on non-English WP sites as well as English WP
 * International scope: Images in the original series have been adopted on several non-English WP versions
 * Open-source: The original image series is based on SVG which means that anyone can adapt them for other uses, which has been done numerous times on numerous other sites and non-English WP sites

The replacement image did not appear to have any of the above attributes, except for item 3) under "Image features". For that reason, the original image was restored to the article.

Please feel free to comment and provide suggestions for how you would like to improve the existing content if you wish to make a change. Please also consider and be willing to discuss the above issues if you would like to propose an improvement over the current situation. Thanks. dr.ef.tymac (talk) 13:59, 19 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Agree with switch back. I must have missed that on watchlist, else I would have reverted the change at the time. --Izno (talk) 16:20, 19 July 2009 (UTC)

Nobody got my approval (or anyone else's?) for this magical new "convention", why does anyone else need yours (to go back to a real status quo)? :p ¦ Reisio (talk) 19:08, 19 July 2009 (UTC)


 * If you have a rational, coherent justification for removing a contribution that is part of a series of multiple contributions, please feel free to present it. If you have multiple contributions of your own you would like to offer, please do so. Your appeals to authority and approval seem to be out of context and not relevant to this discussion. dr.ef.tymac (talk) 06:22, 14 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Besides, I don't see that you've provided an argument against Dreftymac's arguments. You should not revert until discussion is over. --Izno (talk) 19:45, 19 July 2009 (UTC)

They look nice and all, but I find the bent corner and the gradients to be too much on the SVG. The syntax highlighting on the PNG is also too much and the text is too small. An SVG should definitely be used in the end. --Quilokos (talk) 04:36, 20 July 2009 (UTC)


 * An SVG screenshot? ¦ Reisio (talk) 09:27, 20 July 2009 (UTC)
 * What exactly is the screenshot of? HTML is not a program, application, system, or anything visual; it is text. Also, using a PNG, GIF, or JPG, anything not scalable, for just text is a big accessibility problem, visually, and it is discouraged by web standards. I have a high resolution (1600 by 1280) and all I see is tiny letters that are hard to make out on that PNG. An SVG gives me a little more freedom, but considering all that's being shown here is text with no significant meaning other than being HTML, it shouldn't even be a graphic to begin with. I mean, the code (text) on the JavaScript one is incorrect, outdated, and poor &mdash; making a new graphic each time the text needs to be updated is a complete waste of time. A DIV element that clips text horizontally or nothing at all would be best in my opinion, but if an image of text needs to be shown for some odd reason, then an SVG (or something scalable) is better. --Quilokos (talk) 12:52, 20 July 2009 (UTC)


 * I don't care if there's no image, just as long as we don't use these file type icons like they're anything but. ¦ Reisio (talk) 03:21, 21 July 2009 (UTC)


 * As an aside Quilokos, you should probably raise those issues on Dretymac's talk page. I can agree with the corner point, alone. --Izno (talk) 14:03, 20 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Reisio reverted again to his apparent personal preference, and I have undone that. There is now no image. Please, Reisio, feel free to address any of the issues I brought up if you would like to propose an improvement. Thanks. dr.ef.tymac (talk) 06:27, 14 September 2009 (UTC)

hi —Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.81.39.229 (talk) 14:44, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

All these templates
Some one has carefully and doggedly added no less than eight of these templates to the article, so that it now looks a total mess. What is the point of this? Most of the text that follows each template seems to be a paraphrase of some part of a W3C spec for that area. Is someone seriously suggesting that this is disputable information that should be removed if we can't prove that reliable sources back it up? A published spec is a published spec, and this article just describes them, doesn't it? What's the problem? --Nigelj (talk) 09:10, 25 May 2009 (UTC)
 * I removed one from Semantic HTML section, which was put in maliciously, and someone came along and undid it. If you restore it I will support you. HarryAlffa (talk) 19:39, 2 October 2009 (UTC)


 * I'm not so sure in this case. Back in May, they were everywhere, like someone disputed the very existence of HTML, but this one is not like that. The concept of Semantic HTML and the semantic web have not been well taught to many current web practitioners. While the ideas have clear roots back to the origins of HTML and clear advantages to those who understand where we're trying to get to with the web itself, many do still see HTML as just a way to get their page to look right. People who think like that are going to need some persuading that there is any point in giving HTML page design any more thought than the minimum required to get the visual effects they want.
 * I see this tag as just such a cry for help. I think the best we can do here is to find a few reputable tutorial or descriptive websites somewhere and reference them. What you usually find when you start doing this is that the references have explained it better than the existing unreferenced WP text, and so the article gets improved textually too. I think that will happen here as I also don't feel that this little section hits the nail squarely on the head as it stands. I'm going to start by looking through Semantic Web and its references for ideas, I think. --Nigelj (talk) 20:27, 2 October 2009 (UTC)


 * I wrote the Semantic HTML section in its current form. The problem with semantic HTML (and it's written in the first line) is that there's no specific definition. The definitions vary from author to author and most of them try to proselytize more than teach. As such, when writing, I felt I had to take the most basic and generic tenets that were shared among authors and present it in a neutral fashion. For this reason, I wasn't really able to cite to anyone. If someone can find a reputable source that discusses semantic HTML as its written here, and wiki can come to a consensus that the article on semantic HTML as its written now is good, then we can probably source it. Otherwise, its bound to vary depending on who you source as a lot of people have opinions about semantic HTML (due to the aforementioned lack of definition).Kakomu (talk) 22:13, 2 October 2009 (UTC)


 * Hi, Kakomu. Well, I've had a go at updating that section with plenty of external references and cross-references within WP. As I suspected, once you start doing that, you end up having to reflect what the sources say more than just what you think. I've also brought things more up to date re folksonomies, microformats etc. I hope I haven't been too bold and upset anyone. I'm sure what I've done can be further improved. --Nigelj (talk) 23:04, 2 October 2009 (UTC)


 * Hi Nigel, the tag was added maliciously by one of a group of four who have been wikihounding me for some months now. He couldn't revert the changes I made, so he just stuck his oar in to get at me. However, this has led to you re-writing with TBL as a great source, so well done. And well done to you also Kakomu, I removed the tag because I thought you had done a great job, and no one with half a brain could honestly say anything you had written was challengable. Good job guys! HarryAlffa (talk) 18:48, 3 October 2009 (UTC)
 * I was surprised that you—a self-proclaimed expert in HTML, semantic HTML and etc failed to add references yourself preferring to remove the tag, which was actually added back in January. I suspected that thousands of books discuss semantic HTML in detail, so, I reinstated the tag on a few occasions to encourage others to find reliable sources. Ruslik_ Zero 07:40, 4 October 2009 (UTC)

How can HTML be implemented in awebsite' —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.199.17.19 (talk) 08:04, 16 October 2009 (UTC)

Criticisms
Wolfhoundfeet (talk) 22:31, 8 November 2009 (UTC) Criticism of the HTML was added to this article and then removed.

The source of one of the criticisms was from Steven Pemberton a former chair of the HTML Working Group at W3C. He wrote "HTML is a mess!" and "rather than being designed, HTML just grew, by different people just adding stuff to it." Source: http://www.w3.org/2005/Talks/11-steven-usability-accessibility/ This is an important view point. Being the former chair of the HTML Working Group makes this source reliable and it needs to be included as part of this article.

The other criticism was from Vlad Alexander who claimed that the HTML specification has been a failure, because only a small percentage of the intended users of the HTML specification use it correctly. Source: http://rebuildingtheweb.com/en/html-spec-failure/ Criticisms tend to be a minority view. However, this criticism is backed up by facts. More than 90% of Web pages on the Web are not written to the HTML specification. According to Wikipedia's definition of specification: "A specification is an explicit set of requirements to be satisfied by a material, product, or service. Should a material, product or service fail to meet one or more of the applicable specifications, it may be referred to as being out of specification", the HTML specification is clearly "out of specification".
 * Generally, criticism sections are to be avoided as it is almost impossible to maintain a neutral point of view. The information is sourced but the sources don't seem to represent anything but a small minority view. I can find sourced criticisms of virtually any subject on Wikipedia, but not without violating undue weight. I'd like to hear what other editors think about the addition of this section. I think a consensus can be reached regarding its inclusion. Wperdue (talk) 02:13, 9 November 2009 (UTC)


 * In the industry (Web design/development), "HTML is a mess" is not a small minority view. In fact there is a special name for this - it's called Tag Soup - please see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tag_soup The editor of the HTML5 spec, Ian Hickson, acknowledges the existence of Tag Soup, gives statistics on Tag Soup and attributes success of the Web to the existence of Tag Soup in this interview: http://xhtml.com/en/future/conversation-with-x-html-5-team/  Wolfhoundfeet (talk) 17:24, 9 November 2009 (UTC)


 * If Wolfhoundfeet's assertion is true: That HTML is Heavily criticised, then it should be easy to find plenty of sources.  So find some more sources until Wperdue agrees with you. wp:verifiable  Dethlock99 (talk) 21:07, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

This is a really bad articel, since no criticisms regarding the basic principles of this programming language is included. In reality, HTML prevents the progress in programming web applications in a way that it makes it impossible, to write comfortable applications. Compare the programming of windows applications from that of using HTML. Stone Age vs. Modern era. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.113.106.102 (talk) 16:53, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

Should a w3schools link be added?
I feel that w3schools link should be added, as it is a great resource for new website developers! That is where I learned HTML! Thanks, Kcmartz (talk) 21:33, 11 March 2010 (UTC)


 * Absolutely not. All their HTML information is redundant to w3.org's, except for the erroneous parts.  http://w3fools.com/ ¦ Reisio (talk) 18:43, 27 January 2011 (UTC)


 * As a rule, it's best to avoid linking commercial websites not directly affiliated with a product. Linking the W3C website is fine, but this is an encyclopedia, not a tutorial or link aggregator site. &mdash;ShadowRanger (talk 21:35, 11 March 2010 (UTC)


 * For the time being, it might be acceptable to put a link in the External Links subsection, "HTML tutorials". It doesn't bother me as much if it is well-segregated from article content and clearly identified. &mdash;ShadowRanger (talk 21:37, 11 March 2010 (UTC)

I have my doubts about the intentions of some of these sites, it looks like they are trying to sell something. Not that this is bad, but they should at least put in a bit of work on the quality of their sites i think.

I do tend to defend commercial websites, and the use of ads. (It shouldn't be a factor when deciding to link to a site). But there got to be a limit to what we accept. This is not because i don't like the sites, this is mainly to ensure the quality of the links. Some sites are obviously just trying to draw in visitors, and sell a product. This is not bad in itself, but when they ain't honest about this fact, i just find it hard to view them as an authority in their fields, and there are just to many junk sites to list these days.

They certainly don't look like they are trying to establish an authority website, and then i think, its where we could consider whether their sites are of value to readers. I actually find that the sites with commercial interests, often have a comprehensive amount of quality content. Sukmein (talk) 14:45, 28 July 2010 (UTC)

Why aren't there separate articles
Why aren't there seperate articles for HTML 1, HTML 2, HTML 3(HTML +), and HTML 4?Smallman12q (talk) 20:28, 16 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Because Wikipedia is not a textbook. See What Wikipedia is not.  Furthermore, if anyone wants to study the evolution of HTML in that level of detail, there are hundreds of textbooks available online and at any decent public library.  --Coolcaesar (talk) 20:46, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

Non-textual content
The HTML contains a statement that there is textual or graphical content, which is a bit misleading. First, images are usually included via &lt;a> tags, not in content. Second, there is a conceptual difference between HTML code itself and rendered HTML. Rendered HTML does not necessary contain any graphics, because there are text-only browsers or it may be just disabled. Incnis Mrsi (talk) 15:26, 13 April 2010 (UTC)

&amp;reg; In this example, the 'a' element has 'a "start tag" and "end tag"; some element attributes given to the element within the tags; and finally, all the actual, textual and graphical, information content that will be rendered on the display'. There is no textual information, just an image and a graphic that means 'registered trade mark'. How could this be more clearly summarised? OK, I think there's something wrong with the description of attributes - it's not at all clear that these are inside the start tag, and why 'element attributes'? --Nigelj (talk) 16:52, 13 April 2010 (UTC)

code unity
""consisting of tags, enclosed in angle brackets ( like  and ) within "" instead of current ""consisting of tags, enclosed in angle brackets (like  ), within "" If someone argues the colour frame you may remove it. 188.25.109.59 (talk) 22:01, 16 March 2011 (UTC)
 * suggest the code

wiki code
While in "code uity" thread, | stumbled upon a major error ""consisting of tags, enclosed in angle brackets (like  and ) within "" , because | cannot use the space lead for simple frame delimitation. 188.25.109.59 (talk) 22:01, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

shortcut
LE: Yes, | know there are different squared brackets, but the blue links has the look of a wiki article, and there is no template/flag to inform me details on the article | lend on.
 * suggest a separate marker for RFC 2854 link outside wikipedia.com domain, maybe a page that inform leaving the wikipedia.com. Thank you 188.25.109.59 (talk) 22:40, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

Quote from creator
I think that this quote should be added to this article.

“Making the Web was really simple because there was already this morass of things being developed on the Internet,” including protocols such as TCP/IP and other standards. “All I had to do on top of that to create the Web was to create a single global space, which some people said was rather arrogant…. HTTP was a new scheme for the Web… and the idea was that it would minimally constraining.”

Not opposed to the addition, but the last sentence ends "it would minimally constraining." Missing a word? The quote here matches the reference below.MartinRinehart (talk) 15:15, 5 March 2012 (UTC)

http://www.eioba.com/a/x4/tim-berners-lee-weaving-a-semantic-web#ixzz1KDRIwZ8S —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.118.101.238 (talk) 02:47, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

Discrepancy about document HTML Tags
In the section "First specifications" there is the following statement about the number of elements described by the document HTML Tags

"The first publicly available description of HTML was a document called HTML Tags, first mentioned on the Internet by Berners-Lee in late 1991. It describes 20 elements comprising the initial, relatively simple design of HTML."

In the section "HTML draft version timeline" there is another statement about the number of HTML tags described by this document

"HTML Tags, an informal CERN document listing twelve HTML tags, was first mentioned in public."

20 elements versus twelve HTML tags: This is a discrepancy, isn't it? --Th.k.walter (talk) 19:59, 5 April 2011 (UTC)

Well, it seems simple: you count them and that's that. Right? Uh, are headings, -Hn- a tag or six? (-h1-, -h2-, ...) Ditto for -HPn-. And is basefont, discussed here to beome -base- in HTML 2 a tag? It's not given a tag here. And is -NEXTID- a tag? It says here that it's specific to tBL's NeXT computer, and not intended as a tag (though, for the moment, it was a a tag). Answering each of the four above with "it's one tag" gives a total of eighteen, which I've edited in as if it were "the" right number. I think it gives a good general picture of the early tag set. MartinRinehart (talk) 15:22, 5 March 2012 (UTC)

Edit request on 12 April 2012
There's irrelevant information about an individual at the beginning of this article. Please remove:

"Osman Haji Mohamed 1920-July 28,1975 ... He died on July 28, 1975." as well as the references section below the table of contents.

Right below this, there is a broken infobox for the html file format.

Soufits (talk) 06:22, 12 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Vandalism fixed now.--Salix (talk): 07:11, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

"Also called 'chevrons' in the UK"
User:Durrantm seems determined to add to the article that the angle brackets in HTML tags can be called chevrons. I live in the UK and have never heard them called that in web development. ⟨Actual chevrons⟩, as the relevant article explains are completely different Unicode characters, which will not be recognised as &lt;angle brackets> by any HTML processor or browser. It might be valid to mention that the angle-bracket characters spent the first few decades of their life in ASCII intended to be mathematical less-than and greater-than signs, before SGML and HTML re-used them. But they are not chevrons, not used as chevrons in HTML and there is no valid reason why we should let the reader be misled into thinking they are, or that anybody who knows what they're talking about says that they are. --Nigelj (talk) 13:59, 22 August 2010 (UTC)

Justsomethoughts2011 (talk) 06:13, 11 February 2011 (UTC)Justsomethoughts2011 Suggestion - I think this article will more accessible and valuable if it actually discusses why HTML had to be used in the first place. I think people do not understand the relationship between a "word" document and the text that appears on a site. Obviously different codes/programs were created to interpret the two types of texts - but what's the connection? Basically WHY is HTML specific to the world wide web?
 * I support user Durrantm`s chevron. The square bracket has a simmilar issue, and to say 'pointy brackets' isn`t very clever, because sharp edges may get confusing to users who work in automotive industry like myself with principles on haerodynamic edges and smooth shapes, especially in 3D design. Even wiki code do not use such brackets. Have | mentioned wiki has a list of symbols and neither it`s Unicode ? Paul188.25.109.59 (talk) 22:53, 16 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Oppose including that: it's a distraction from the main point and doesn't help give any information about the language. 68.173.113.106 (talk) 21:02, 9 June 2012 (UTC)

Inline vs. block
Block vs. inline is one of the more important HTML concepts (albeit one that is renamed in HTML 5). This page probably should at least briefly define the terms. In fact, the pages does use the word "inline" in the technical sense twice, but without defining it. --Jeffreykegler (talk) 23:34, 10 October 2012 (UTC)
 * I think we used to have an article on this, and the three meanings of block vs. inline. I wrote it, actually pasted it from one of my corporate wikis. It was then deleted by someone who admitted they didn't understand HTML, but had found WP:NOTHOWTO as a policy to delete it. Andy Dingley (talk) 09:03, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
 * There should be a link from HTML to HTML element, where this is explained. I agree that it's difficult to find. LittleBen (talk) 13:14, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
 * As that article begins by claiming that HTML documents contain "elements", we've still got some way to go. Andy Dingley (talk) 13:31, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
 * I cleaned up and shortened Template:HTML, and added it to the page. That should encourage users to explore. ;-) LittleBen (talk) 15:04, 11 October 2012 (UTC)

Balancing the tags
Is there a place for http://xkcd.com/1144/ perhaps under External links? -- Red rose64 (talk) 10:56, 13 January 2013 (UTC)
 * XKCD, as with any webcomic, is not particularly useful to the reader. I would object to its placement in the article. The majority of Randall's articles are in-jokes, which do not serve to illuminate the topic any more than the article already does or should. With rare exception of course, usually not made in a joking manner; see e.g. his diagram on the gravity wells of the various planets. Which, even then, you need to understand the concept of gravity wells before understanding the image. --Izno (talk) 16:35, 13 January 2013 (UTC)

Remove reference to W3C as current maintainer of HTML
I removed the sentence in the introduction that listed the W3C as the active maintainer of HTML. It is not so.

The WHATWG is now the maintainer of HTML, and has been since the W3C adopted HTML5 instead of HTML4.x. Here is the reference: Hickson, Ian (19 January 2011). "HTML is the new HTML5". WHATWG. Retrieved 21 January 2011.

another reference: "HTML5 — Smile, it's a Snapshot!". W3C Blog. 2012-12-17. Retrieved 2013-01-14.

There is a much bigger problem that I need the community to fix!

This article is not NPV. It is biased throughout to support the notion that Tim Berhners-Lee "invented the internet"...this article credits Behrners-Lee with writing HTML but on the HTML wiki the Internet Engineering Task Force is shown to play the bigger role.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Engineering_Task_Force

The IETF made HTML with the help of many people, one of which was Tim Berhners-Lee.

To fix the NPV issue credit for hypertext should go back to Stanford Research and the Mother of all Demos in 1968. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mother_of_All_Demos. Credit for HTML should emphasize it's development from SGML.

Currently, the article has one sentence that is NPV...here:

"Berners-Lee considered HTML to be an application of SGML. It was formally defined as such by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)"

however the other parts of the article contradict this...these parts are not NPV and must be changed — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.175.69.8 (talk) 05:03, 11 October 2013 (UTC)
 * The sentence that you removed wasn't about who maintains the HTML standard. It was about preferring CSS over explicit presentational HTML - that is, markup like instead of . -- Red rose64 (talk) 10:57, 11 October 2013 (UTC)

doni
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Link to overview of all HTML elements?
Suggesting this here to address a conflict of interest situation: How about the article refers to an overview of all HTML elements? I suggest meiert.com/en/indices/html-elements/. It’s an index that I myself maintain (conflict of interest), but I also believe it’s the only one that is comprehensive in that it contains the HTML elements of all versions.--j9t (talk) 11:40, 18 February 2014 (UTC)

Other Html tags
Okay, so I saw some example of the basic tags and how to use them. So should we add other common tags such as lists (organized and unorganized)? TheQ Editor (talk) 21:44, 21 March 2014 (UTC)

O great Contributor - or sneaky advertiser?
While checking the contents of the HTML category I came across the "Ericom Software"-company indexed under E. But as far as I can see from their wiki page, Ericom is just another software company developing various remote desktop products (Citrix alternatives). One of their products is based on HTML5.

I could easily see how other enterprises (like Yeoman, Nokogiri, and members of the HTML Working Group) earned their mention - through open source, drafting and other contributions

However developing a commercial proprietary piece of software based on HTML5, like Ericom appears to be doing, seems a tad lesser contribution. It could easily be imagined that it is in fact HTML5 that is contributing to Ericom's profit margins. If that is the case then Wikipedia is probably not hurting the margins much by keeping their company name listed among significant contributors - on pages relevant to their products.

However, HTML being yet another area not of my expertise - I hope someone who knows more can check it out and make the right call. Tungstic (talk) 19:18, 30 March 2014 (UTC)

I propose at least to half-lock this article
Because of the continuing advertisement, spam and other violation I propose at least to half-lock this article. I don't know, what's the name for half-lock in english wiki, so I translated it exactly from the czech wiki. Aleskva (talk) 14:44, 24 April 2014 (UTC)
 * It's called semi-protection. Please file a request at WP:RFPP. -- Red rose64 (talk) 16:09, 24 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks, filled successfully Aleskva (talk) 10:56, 1 May 2014 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 30 September 2014
106.219.131.167 (talk) 06:02, 30 September 2014 (UTC)

If you want to suggest a change, please request this in the form "Please replace XXX with YYY" or "Please add ZZZ between PPP and QQQ". Please also cite reliable sources to back up your request, without which no information should be added to, or changed in, any article. - Arjayay (talk) 07:02, 30 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: as you have not requested a change.

Merge discussion
Suggest merging HTML5 and Semantic HTML into this article because they both refer to the same topic. HTML5 is simply the newest version of the HTML definition as defined by W3C, just as HTML4,HTML3 (which shouldn't actually even exist because there is no such thing as HTML3), and HTML2 all redirects to HTML.. (because like HTML5, these are all versions of HTML)..

Similarly, Semantic HTML is simply a best-practice methodology for writing HTML and should be detailed in the main article, not in a separate article. David Condrey (talk) 20:45, 16 August 2014 (UTC)


 * With the present content of S_HTML, I think I can agree that it would fit nicely in this article. Which isn't to say that it couldn't or shouldn't be split out again; I don't think it would be difficult to find a large number of sources to keep it in its own article as there has been quite a lot written about pushing authors to use S_HTML. However, the content of HTML 5 looks like it would best be kept separate given its present content and scope. --Izno (talk) 02:32, 17 August 2014 (UTC)
 * It is incorrect to say "shouldn't actually even exist because there is no such thing as HTML3" - it does exist, but didn't get beyond the draft stage and was never approved as a formal standard. The stage that it had reached at the time that it was abandoned may be found at HTML 3.0 Draft (Exprired!) Materials. -- Red rose64 (talk) 08:02, 17 August 2014 (UTC)
 * HTML5 isn't "simply" a new update. It includes many upgrades and There are thousands of websites divoted to the subject.VirusKA (talk) 02:08, 26 August 2014 (UTC)


 * Oppose Merge HTML5 and Semantic HTML are really big articles that covers a whole of of details. So merging would not be appropriate. Rather a section could be created that explains a brief bit of a HTML5 and the same for Semantic HTML. DS Crowned (Talk) 23:57, 1 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Oppose Merge The current size of HTML is 70.101 kB, and the size of HTML5 is 39.314 kB. The recommended article size is below 50 kB, and if the readable prose size is greater than 60 kB, then the article "probably should be divided (although the scope of a topic can sometimes justify the added reading time)". So this article is already too long. If HTML5 is merged into this article, the size will even go above 100 kB. Also it would be weird if HTML5 doesn't have its own article, but HTML5 Video, HTML5 Audio, and Canvas element have. Chmarkine (talk) 01:55, 8 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Oppose merge for same reasons as stated above. HTML5 is such a drastic change from the existing HTML standard, because the W3C wasted so much time and effort trying to develop Semantic Web standards before realizing that no one was paying attention because most of the Semantic Web standards are far too arcane to make a business case for them. --Coolcaesar (talk) 11:41, 9 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Oppose merge HTNL5 is a new philosophy, compared to HTML. HTML5 and HTML are not the same. Marquis4057 (talk) 12:22, 29 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Oppose Merge I also agree with the above contributors. HTML5 and HTML are more similar in name only, as HTML5 brings many new elements which would not be appropriate to include in the HTML article, such as the HTML5 Video, HTML5 Audio, and Canvas element elements mentioned above. Blaise170 (talk) 05:11, 2 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Oppose merge per above. HTML5 is completely different. John123521  (Talk-Contib.) RA 06:50, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

Missing citation
There are no citations in the second body of text. Please add. --Madisynkeri (talk) 17:25, 3 October 2016 (UTC)

'HTML standards' versus 'the HTML standard'
I shall not revert your reversion as I have less than no interest in edit-warring, but I am curious what you think is misleading about the substance of my edit. From my perspective, at worst it clutters the lede slightly with qualifying language, but at best it eliminates the possible misconception in the reader that "HTML" is technically uniform. Perhaps we should ask Talk:HTML for their take? Arlo James Barnes 01:48, 15 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Should this be "HyperText Markup Language (HTML) is the standard markup language for creating web pages and web applications."
 * vs. "HyperText Markup Language (HTML) is any of several very similar standard markup languages for creating web pages and web applications." ~
 * The question is "what the first term means" and "what the alternatives to this are".
 * Obviously there are two possible sets of meanings: for one (as I see it as reading previously) see "HTML the standard markup language" as meaning "all the HTML versions" and "other than this" means PDF, Word documents, Flash etc. Another meaning (the second) would be that HTML means just one version of HTML (why? - they're all "HTML", from HTML 2 to HTML5), which is now followed by the text "is any of several very similar standard markup languages". I see this as a problem. What are these "very similar languages" which are not HTML, as they've just been distinguished as a contrast to HTML? That's misleading: it suggests something as if the web is also authored to a significant degree in non-HTML SGML or non-HTML XML. I think we would agree, "The web is written in HTML". We need to communicate that first.
 * Now before we get into versions of HTML, I think the key point, which needs to be stated, and stated before anything about HTML versions, is that HTML (any version) is ubiquitous on the web and its use dwarfs any other sort of markup. I see the changed wording as potentially too confusing Andy Dingley (talk) 19:45, 15 January 2017 (UTC)


 * It's singular. There is only one HTML standard (in various incremental versions), published by W3C. The WHATWG material is an applied interpretation of the W3C standard for browser implementation, and is not an independent or competing standard of its own.  — SMcCandlish ☺ ☏ ¢ ≽ʌⱷ҅ᴥⱷʌ≼  13:39, 16 January 2017 (UTC)

Capitalization of "Hypertext Markup Language"
According to all the available official references, including both the original IETF specification and the latest W3C recommendation, the capitalization for the full name of HTML is "Hypertext Markup Language", not "HyperText Markup Language", as given in the introduction. Could an established editor please review and fix? Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:306:C445:38D9:953F:2C2C:9EF6:20C (talk) 09:54, 27 February 2017 (UTC)

Mention HTML being a Domain-Specific Language
I believe the current definition of the language lacks what type of programming language HTML actually is. I therefore think it would be useful to change the first sentence to HTML is a Domain Specific Language that is the standard markup language[...]. This would benefit readers interested in how the programming language actually works and how it's designed, as HTML is a different type of language than, say, Python.

Later edit: This is my first time doing an edit request on wikipedia, I apologise for any mistakes

Later edit2: I misused the term programming in the sentence above, it should be replaced by computer language. Just to make everything clearer, I propose the change to be from Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) is the standard markup language[...] to Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) is a domain-specific markup language[...]Durolan (talk) 19:08, 11 April 2017 (UTC)


 * "what type of programming language HTML actually is"
 * Easy. It isn't. Andy Dingley (talk) 19:43, 11 April 2017 (UTC)

I might have rushed calling it a programming language seeing as they're referred to as Computer Languages but that does not mean HTML is not a domain-specific language. It is specialised to a certain domain i.e. web pages. It talks about it in the first referenced wiki article I linked. Durolan (talk) 22:54, 11 April 2017 (UTC)


 * This is an article on HTML, not on DSLs. DSLs are not a common or well-understood term. In what way would the HTML article be improved by using such an obscure and poorly understood term?
 * Whether DSLs are programming languages, or need not be, is a matter of some debate. There are authorities who would claim either. However it is rare to see HTML described as one. Compare particularly to CSS, which often is considered as such.
 * If HTML is a DSL, then what is that domain? It's not "web pages", certainly. It might be true that the web runs on HTML, but HTML is of broader application than web pages alone: it's a much more generalised text markup language than that. Andy Dingley (talk) 23:46, 11 April 2017 (UTC)

I'm sorry but I honestly doubt you accessed the article I have sent on DSLs as it answers almost everything you asked. This is an article on HTML, not on DSLs - This is an article on HTML, a DSL. It is not at all a poorly understood or obscure term, if that is your opinion on it it's not my responsibility to explain to you why it's not. I already mentioned HTML is not a programming language and that computer language would've been a better term for it, so the fact that DSLs are programming languages was never even up for debate. As for your question If HTML is a DSL, then what is that domain? there's plenty of material available online that would answer this question better than I could. I would suggest starting exactly with the wiki article I quoted in my first link. If it's not a DSL or a GPL what is it then? a text processing language? Which category does that fall in? I sense hostility and little to no research done behind it, I was expecting a better experience / more maturity when discussing such topics with other users. Durolan (talk) 11:47, 12 April 2017 (UTC)
 * If you're going to slag off another editor as ignorant in an argument about the finer semantic points as to firstly whether HTML is a DSL or not, and more importantly whether this article would be improved by using DSL as a definition in the first sentence of the lead, then you might be better served if you first learned to use wikilinks, then to not call HTML a "programming language" or compare it to Python. Andy Dingley (talk) 12:02, 12 April 2017 (UTC)

Like I mentioned in my first edit, it is my first time editing a wiki article so I am not yet sure how everything works. Your answer literally was ''Easy. It isn't.'' which was supposed to help me how? I also used Python as a comparison exactly to show how different those two types of languages are, one being Domain Specific while the other being a general purpose language. Already mentioned 3 times that I was wrong calling it a programming language and that the better term for it is Computer Language. This to me seems like an argument to logic, you highlighting that I do not use wikilinks and that I call it a programming language does not make HTML less of a DSL. Durolan (talk) 12:09, 12 April 2017 (UTC)

Not done for now:  Paine Ellsworth   put'r there  10:39, 24 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Thank you, Durolan, for this edit request, and I can honestly say that you are not the first editor to enjoy the labor pains of making one's first edits to Wikipedia. After wading through the above, I find that the main question is how including the DSL description in the lead would improve this article.  I myself would think that a link, such as "domain-specific language" wouldn't be so bad; however, Andy Dingley seems to have raised some legitimate concerns about this proposal.  As for what the domain is, that is already shown in this article's lead as web pages and web applications.  Since there has been a bit of resistance to your proposal, then I must ask you to seek a consensus for it before again using the edit semi-protected template, and this proposal is:

External links modified
Hello fellow Wikipedians,

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 * Added archive https://web.archive.org/20121221062856/https://datatracker.ietf.org/public/idindex.cgi?command=id_detail&id=789 to https://datatracker.ietf.org/public/idindex.cgi?command=id_detail&id=789

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Semi-protected edit request on 13 September 2017
86.124.148.195 (talk) 10:55, 13 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Red question icon with gradient background.svg Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format. Sparkling Pessimist   Scream at me!  11:15, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

Number of SGMLguid tags in HTML 4
The article says eleven, but I count fifteen, namely: Hairy Dude (talk) 23:18, 12 October 2017 (UTC)
 * 1) TITLE (under HEAD in HTML, under TITLEP in SGMLguid)
 * 2) BODY
 * 3) H1 (level N heading - SGMLguid also had H0)
 * H2
 * H3
 * H4
 * H5
 * H6
 * 1) P (paragraph)
 * 2) OL (ordered list)
 * 3) UL (unordered list)
 * 4) LI (list item, for OL and UL)
 * 5) DL (description list - SGMLguid and today's common parlance call them definition lists)
 * 6) DT (definition list term)
 * 7) DD (definition list definition)
 * I misread the section. It talks about Berners-Lee's first document describing tags used in HTML. Still, I count fourteen (all the above except BODY and OL, plus A). Hairy Dude (talk) 23:36, 12 October 2017 (UTC)

Javascript, a "cornerstone technology?"
How can JavaScript be in "a triad of cornerstone technologies for the World Wide Web" when it must require a microsoft compliant computer?

I use OS/2 v4.5 eCS 2.2 with my FireFox 10.0.12, "Javascript" Can NOT be defeated, even though many sites tell me that I must enable javascript. Even trying to creat a new section, I am looking at 4 "Forbidden" Scripts.

Will this even be posted?

Ellayn OKosh (talk) 17:25, 14 October 2017 (UTC)Ellayn OKosh
 * There is no dependency of JavaScript on Microsoft, Windows, or the PC platform. Andy Dingley (talk) 17:44, 14 October 2017 (UTC)

Interesting. Then why the difficulty with Javascript on OS/2? It is a "PC platform." It is Intel based and only three (3) years old. I just clicked on the FFx [Check for Updates] button and nothing happened, so the browser must be up -to- date, even though its version number is not 40 or larger.

I am open to ideas. Getting a msft computer is off the table due to other causes...

Ellayn OKosh (talk) 18:09, 14 October 2017 (UTC)Ellayn OKosh


 * You're using an OS from 1996 (or thereabouts), which predates JavaScript. Firefox ought to run JavaScript from the very beginnings of Firefox, but then on OS/2 anything is possible. I suspect it is OS/2 that's the problem, but that's still far from claiming that nothing other than Microsoft is usable.
 * I would question (although it's non of my business) why you'd even want to use OS/2, and certainly why you'd want to or expect OS/2 to be a viable web platform. Andy Dingley (talk) 18:18, 14 October 2017 (UTC)

So, OS/2 existed in 1996? What does that have to do with interopeability? OS/2 v.4.5 may go back to 1996, but eCS 2.2 and the Presentation Manager is new enough.

OS/2, after v1.3, is NOT msft, and my experience would pot a ham sandwich.

Your question is fair. I do not swear like a drunken sailor's parrot when I work on my two OS/2 computers. Behavior.

Ellayn OKosh (talk) 16:24, 23 October 2017 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 26 October 2017
Each HTML tag has several properties to which different types of values can be assigned to get effects but now it is not suggested and instead of that usage of CSS is advised. RajaUmesh (talk) 06:07, 26 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: HTML elements are documented but Wikipedia is not a how-to and advising CSS v HTML is not going to happen. Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 06:32, 26 October 2017 (UTC)

Error in Article
When I searched'HTML'on Google I got First search result of Wikipedia Link. Error - Under HTML in search results there mentioned that the HTML is A "Programming Language", But that's wrong, HTML is a Markup Language not A programming one. Thanks. Ksawami721 (talk) 04:59, 18 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Do you have a more specific link for that Google search, or the results it gave you?
 * The article here says "markup language", which is correct. My google searches give similar results. I'm not seeing the same problem which you're having. Andy Dingley (talk) 08:05, 18 September 2018 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 23 September 2018
please i want to edit as i have books on it and have studied it YajatDhavle (talk) 06:50, 23 September 2018 (UTC)
 * No. There's reason in protecting it. You can put what you want add here and it can be moved there. –Ammarpad (talk) 07:37, 23 September 2018 (UTC)

HTML
This language is complicated to some people It needs a lot of reading and making research @ Maxon001 (talk) 09:14, 2 October 2018 (UTC)


 * That is why I propose using diagrams on the HTML article and the Cascading Style Sheets article. These diagrams:
 * https://s3.amazonaws.com/codecademy-content/courses/web-101/htmlcss1-diagram__htmlanatomy.svg - "htmlcss1-diagram_"
 * https://s3.amazonaws.com/codecademy-content/courses/web-101/htmlcss1-diagram__cssdeclaration.svg - "htmlcss1-diagram_"
 * The HTML5 image is on this article twice. Both of those articles don't have very good images. --Spunionztastic (talk) 22:19, 3 November 2018 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 10 October 2019
If the </u> tag is not there please add the underline tag. Hellotheremydude (talk) 23:26, 10 October 2019 (UTC)


 * ❌. Nothing to do.  –Deacon Vorbis (carbon &bull; videos) 00:56, 11 October 2019 (UTC)

Type: TEXT, Should "TEXT" be a hyperlink?
Should the type "TEXT" be a hyperlink to the text wiki page — Preceding unsigned comment added by AvienJ (talk • contribs) 00:47, 29 January 2020 (UTC)


 * No, because Text is a disambiguation page. --David Biddulph (talk) 00:50, 29 January 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 18 June 2020
Please undo this edit. HTML is not assisted by what happens server side with ASP and PHP. Locally run web servers are web servers so "local" doesn't need mentioning. --130.208.182.103 (talk) 18:43, 18 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Taking a look now. <span style="font-family:'Roboto',sans-serif;font-weight:300;color:red;text-shadow: 2px 2px 10px black;">Ed6767  talk!  18:44, 18 June 2020 (UTC)
 * ✅ <span style="font-family:'Roboto',sans-serif;font-weight:300;color:red;text-shadow: 2px 2px 10px black;">Ed6767  talk!  18:46, 18 June 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 6 July 2020
Please remove VBScript from the introduction (was added two weeks ago). It is so fringe and so outdated that mentioning it in the introduction, or probably even the article itself, is undue weight. The sentence says "such as Javascript", the one major example is enough. --130.208.182.103 (talk) 22:06, 6 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the template.  ~ Amkgp  💬  11:51, 7 July 2020 (UTC)

User:ThesenatorO5-2, please remove VBScript from the introduction as BOLD, revert, discuss. It does not fit in this introduction. --130.208.182.103 (talk) 13:06, 7 July 2020 (UTC)
 * ✅ Removed VBScript from the introduction.

Semi-protected edit request on 22 July 2021

 * (External link removed) Mirsoyel (talk) 03:44, 22 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Red question icon with gradient background.svg Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Living Concrete (talk) 04:04, 22 July 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 22 September 2021
HTML IS A PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE 129.7.0.101 (talk) 20:56, 22 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Red question icon with gradient background.svg Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 21:19, 22 September 2021 (UTC)

Why page is blocked for editing?
I don't see template for it, yet it is uneditable. --Medupdate (talk) 13:12, 23 March 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 13 July 2023
Pravinmohiteait (talk) 19:44, 13 July 2023 (UTC) Find the HTML concepts and interview questions here :- < >
 * Red question icon with gradient background.svg Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Nthep (talk) 19:47, 13 July 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 22 August 2023
Change  to

207.96.32.81 (talk) 21:33, 22 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Pictogram voting question.svg Question: Why? M.Bitton (talk) 22:56, 22 August 2023 (UTC)
 * I think it might be valid. See HTML5.
 * But that was announced four years ago. I didn't have time to check how it is currently. Nishimoto, Gilberto Kiyoshi (talk) 18:23, 23 August 2023 (UTC)
 * ✅ with slight modifications to the phrasing. ~ F4U (talk • they/it) 16:11, 24 August 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 13 October 2023
Derek Cao (talk) 14:30, 13 October 2023 (UTC)

HTML5 brought forth numerous key features to facilitate a richer and more interactive web experience. Some of these major features include:

New Semantic Elements: HTML5 introduced a range of new semantic elements like, , , and to assist developers in creating more structured and meaningful web page layouts. Form Improvements: HTML5 provides new input types and attributes, making form validation and user input handling much simpler and more robust. Multimedia Support: With the and elements, HTML5 simplified the embedding and playback of video and audio content. Graphics and Animation: HTML5 introduced the element for 2D graphics drawing, while SVG provides support for vector graphics. Real-Time Communication: The WebSocket API in HTML5 provides a full-duplex communication channel, allowing real-time communication between client and server. Offline and Storage: HTML5 introduced local storage and offline application caching, enabling web pages to continue working without a network connection, while also improving performance and user experience.
 * Red question icon with gradient background.svg Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate.  — Paper9oll  (🔔 • 📝)  07:27, 14 October 2023 (UTC)


 * There's already a separate HTML5 page. Since this one is about HTML, shouldn't it be more about the de facto HTML Living Standard and not HTML5? SirMeowMeow (talk) 04:54, 15 November 2023 (UTC)

htm 120.28.216.41 (talk) 03:39, 29 October 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 19 December 2023
No one calls it "The Hypertext Markup Language". Every single site I have been searched uses "Hypertext Markup Language" without the article. Here are some sources that verify my claim. https://www.hostinger.com/tutorials/difference-between-html-and-html5 or https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/what-html-in-easy-steps?trk=article-ssr-frontend-pulse_more-articles_related-content-card

Please fix it. 2001:FB1:96:5B03:D036:ED49:3F19:DC50 (talk) 11:19, 19 December 2023 (UTC)

topping google search list for "AUCTION" and what and where search meta data needs to be placed in wesite code
where in index.html does search code need to be placed to attract users 203.144.68.65 (talk) 04:15, 7 February 2024 (UTC)

Hypertext or HyperText?
At the very start of the article, it says that HTML is an acronym for "HyperText Markup Language". Should "HyperText" be changed to "Hypertext"? It seems that it is the more common capitalization of the word. Is there an official capitalization of the word, or are they both valid? Superscooper123 talk  23:49, 25 December 2022 (UTC)


 * I'm pretty sure It's four different words, like this: Hyper Text Markup Language. Nice user2 (talk) 23:20, 7 February 2023 (UTC)
 * HyperText is a better one because T is capital in HTML Spanking710 (talk) 05:41, 22 February 2024 (UTC)