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The alt text for maps should describe the content rather than the lines and colors on the map. For the satellite image, for example, I'd suggest something like "Two roads divide the Benet campus into four roughly equal quadrants. A satellite view shows buildings and athletic fields in three of the
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The Manual of Style suggests turning lists into straight prose where feasible. I think it would be possible to turn this alumni list into prose by combining the actors DeCarlo, Fay, and Murphy into a single paragraph with something in the first sentence that ties them together. This might take the
567:"The school sponsors teams for both men and women in basketball, cross country, golf, lacrosse, soccer, swimming and diving, tennis, track & field, and volleyball." - The word "and" is preferred to the ampersand unless the ampersand is part of an official name such as a company name.
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The three mug shots at the bottom of the article need alt text as does the little schoolhouse image. You can check your alt text and captions with the alt text tool at the top of this review page.
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