[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #16206: Comment text not marked as required

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#16206: Comment text not marked as required
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 Reporter:  infected               |       Owner:  rianrietveld
     Type:  defect (bug)           |      Status:  assigned
 Priority:  normal                 |   Milestone:  4.5
Component:  Comments               |     Version:  3.0.4
 Severity:  normal                 |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch 2nd-opinion  |     Focuses:  ui, accessibility
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Comment (by strider72):

 Replying to [comment:22 afercia]:
 > Replying to [comment:21 strider72]:
 > > I know it's all HTML5 technically, but aren't we generally using the
 XHTML standard for attributes?
 > Hm, not sure but interesting. Do you have any reference or argumentation
 to stick with the old syntax?

 Yes. The WordPress Core Handbook section on HTML Coding Standards
 specifically reference XHTML standards:
 https://make.wordpress.org/core/handbook/best-practices/coding-
 standards/html/

 Also, this is the way we've actually been doing it.

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