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True, but soooo minor. The element has no impact on the document outline, and many sites use it decoratively today.

If we're really being pedantic, all uses of <hr> elements on that page are contrary to the spec's desires.

> The hr element represents a paragraph-level thematic break, e.g. a scene change in a story

> There is no need for an hr element between the sections themselves, since the `section` elements and the `h1` elements imply thematic changes themselves

https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/grouping-content.html...

If it isn't clear, I find it a bit silly :)



Normally, I wouldn’t mention it, but the website lists “semantic HTML” as one of its features.


Yeah, that's fair enough :)




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