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Oh dear :( | Goldsmiths, University of London

Equipment loans | Goldsmiths, University of London

Teaching and Learning Innovation Centre (TaLIC) | Goldsmiths, University of London

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Lists (e.g., `<ul>` or `<ol>`) should only contain list items (`<li>`) as a direct descendant 
to ensure that screen readers can accurately report the amount of items contained in the list. 

## Example

In the following example, some screen readers would say this list has two items, instead of 
four: 

```html
<ul>
    <div class="some_class">
        <li>Example 1</li>
    </div>
    <div class="some_other_class">
        <li>Example 2</li>
        <li>Example 3</li>
        <li>Example 4</li>
    </div>
</ul>
```

To fix this, you would need to remove the `<div class="some_class">` and 
`<div class="some_other_class>` elements and ensure only `<li>` list items remain.

## Further reading

The [formal specification for the list element](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/ul)
shows what is and is not permitted inside an `<ul>` and `<ol>`.

See [Technique H88](https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20-TECHS/H88.html) for more information.

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	Title / URL	Issues
	About us \| Goldsmiths, University of Londonwww.gold.ac.uk/about/	1
	Free to download software \| Goldsmiths, University of Londonwww.gold.ac.uk/it/apps/	1
	Email (Outlook) \| Goldsmiths, University of Londonwww.gold.ac.uk/it/email/	1
	Oh dear :( \| Goldsmiths, University of Londonwww.gold.ac.uk/invented-url-for-404-page	1
	Equipment loans \| Goldsmiths, University of Londonwww.gold.ac.uk/it/equipment-loans/	1
	Teaching and Learning Innovation Centre (TaLIC) \| Goldsmiths, University of Londonwww.gold.ac.uk/talic/	1
	BA (Hons) Sociology \| Goldsmiths, University of Londonwww.gold.ac.uk/ug/ba-sociology/	1
	Alumni \| Goldsmiths, University of Londonwww.gold.ac.uk/alumni/	1
	Zotero \| Goldsmiths, University of Londonwww.gold.ac.uk/it/apps/zotero/	1
	Undergraduate programmes \| Goldsmiths, University of Londonwww.gold.ac.uk/ug/a-z/	1

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

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