{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/w3c/csswg-drafts/issues/135","repository_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/w3c/csswg-drafts","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/w3c/csswg-drafts/issues/135/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/w3c/csswg-drafts/issues/135/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/w3c/csswg-drafts/issues/135/events","html_url":"https://github.com/w3c/csswg-drafts/issues/135","id":156861482,"number":135,"title":"Why was list-style: upper-greek removed?","user":{"login":"tabatkins","id":682840,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/682840?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/tabatkins","html_url":"https://github.com/tabatkins","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tabatkins/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tabatkins/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tabatkins/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tabatkins/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tabatkins/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tabatkins/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tabatkins/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tabatkins/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tabatkins/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/w3c/csswg-drafts/labels/css-counter-styles-3","name":"css-counter-styles-3","color":"e99695"},{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/w3c/csswg-drafts/labels/css-transforms-1","name":"css-transforms-1","color":"fef2c0"}],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":2,"created_at":"2016-05-25T22:08:10Z","updated_at":"2016-05-25T23:25:49Z","closed_at":null,"body":"*On Mon, May 23, 2016 at 12:38 PM, Athanasios Viennas <aviennas@vtopia.gr> wrote:*\r\n> Dear folks at w3c,\r\n> \r\n> I wonder what is the purpose of \"removing\" upper-greek value from list-style-type property (https://www.w3.org/wiki/CSS/Properties/list-style-type) between CSS1 and the modern versions. I honestly wonder who decided this and on what requirement, have you estimated the impact on the WWW as a community and the practical disabilities it has caused, and how about the trend of web standards directing towards multilingualism.\r\n> \r\n> Can you please provide any pointers on the related minutes of the meetings supporting the given decision."},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/w3c/csswg-drafts/issues/comments/221737134","html_url":"https://github.com/w3c/csswg-drafts/issues/135#issuecomment-221737134","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/w3c/csswg-drafts/issues/135","id":221737134,"user":{"login":"tabatkins","id":682840,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/682840?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/tabatkins","html_url":"https://github.com/tabatkins","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tabatkins/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tabatkins/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tabatkins/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tabatkins/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tabatkins/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tabatkins/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tabatkins/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tabatkins/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tabatkins/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2016-05-25T23:25:49Z","updated_at":"2016-05-25T23:25:49Z","body":"Yup, feedback from authors (thanks for hunting it down, @dauwhe, I got distracted doing other things) is what led us to remove upper-greek as not useful.  As with many of the ancient languages, there appear to be several valid ways to number things using the letters; the spec documents one way that matches what all browsers do.\r\n\r\nYou can fill in all the rest by using `@counter-style` yourself."}}
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