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Emoticons should not be used excessively

Emoticons should not be used excessively to communicate feelings or content. Try to rewrite the document to have more textual meaning, or wrapping the emoticons in an abbr element as outlined below. Emoticons are not read by screen-readers, and are often used to communicate feelings or other things which are relevant to the content of the document.

Example

Wrong

Of course, I'll get on it right away ;)

Right

Of course, I'll get on it right away <abbr title="wink">;)</abbr>