Quotation is missing semantics

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quotation-not-indicated

Rule

The <blockquote> element SHOULD be used to designate long (block level) quotations.

The <blockquote> element SHOULD NOT be used for visual styling alone.

Background

People who are blind cannot use the visual formatting of a quotation to understand that an indented selection of text is a quotation. In order to semantically convey that a selection of text is a quotation, use the <blockquote> element. When quotations are semantically identified, a screen reader user will be able to understand that a selection of text is a quote.

How to Fix

Fix this issue by wrapping the quotation in a <blockquote> element.

<blockquote> <p>Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition...</p> </blockquote>