Welcome, Life @ Wes - Wesleyan University

Welcome, Center for Global Studies - Wesleyan University

Alumni - Wesleyan University

OneStop - Wesleyan University

- Wesleyan University - Wesleyan University

Library, Wesleyan University - Wesleyan University

Parents Home, Wesleyan University - Wesleyan University

Careers at Wes, Human Resources - Wesleyan University

The Wesleyan Connection, Latest News and Events - Wesleyan University

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.

list-not-following-semantics

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May 2025

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Title / URL	Issues
Welcome, Life @ Wes - Wesleyan Universitywww.wesleyan.edu/life/	2
Welcome, Center for Global Studies - Wesleyan Universitywww.wesleyan.edu/cgs/index.html	2
Alumni - Wesleyan Universitywww.wesleyan.edu/alumni/	2
OneStop - Wesleyan Universitywww.wesleyan.edu/onestop/	2
- Wesleyan University - Wesleyan Universitywww.wesleyan.edu/invented-url-for-404-page	2
Library, Wesleyan University - Wesleyan Universitywww.wesleyan.edu/libr/	2
Parents Home, Wesleyan University - Wesleyan Universitywww.wesleyan.edu/parents/	2
Careers at Wes, Human Resources - Wesleyan Universitywww.wesleyan.edu/hr/careers/	2
Alumni - Wesleyan Universitywww.wesleyan.edu/alumni/index.html	2
The Wesleyan Connection, Latest News and Events - Wesleyan Universitywww.wesleyan.edu/news/	2

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

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