Web Standards and Playing Well With Others
Matt from WordPress was getting worked up about how people shirk web standards, or at the very least express the attitude that it’s ok if a few pages aren’t compliant. This all started with an email and a suggestion to mind your business.
If your site isn’t compliant, make compliant it if you have the time. If you’re alerted that you have a problem, try and fix it. I personally am glad if someone let’s me know I have a problem. That said, if you’re writing a bug report about someone’s personal work, they do not owe you anything, and if it really bugs you that their site isn’t up to your standards you always have the option of going somewhere else.
If you feel the need to point out someone’s mistake, do it warmly, succinctly and with a degree of politeness that would make your mother proud. If you are putting something out there to share with the world, do your best to share it in a way that everyone can appreciate it.