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https://validator.w3.org/
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This validator represents itself as the current validator at validator.w3.org #35

Closed Alex-Jordan closed 6 years ago

Alex-Jordan commented 6 years ago

This validator represents itself as the current validator at validator.w3.org, but it appears that the nu validator is in use there. This caused some confusion tonight. I suggest taking down the link to validator.w3.org and updating the README.md.

xfq commented 6 years ago

IIRC this validator redirects to The Nu Html Checker if the document is an HTML5 document.

xfq commented 6 years ago

See https://github.com/w3c/markup-validator/commit/1b12fe496bb457950944782f133f547cee3cef56

Alex-Jordan commented 6 years ago

Ah OK. But what I mean is that the github landing page has a link to https://validator.w3.org/ at the top of the page, and the README.md doesn't mention the redirect. I'm having trouble remembering exactly what happened that night, but something (Google? a link at https://validator.w3.org/ ?) led us here. And there was no easy way to see that this was not the validator that was creating the output we had been shown.