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Interactive element does not meet minimum size nor spacing

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Siteimprove flags this issue when the size of a link may be too small for someone to activate either with the mouse or by touch. 

Siteimprove calls this out as Interactive element does not meet minimum size nor spacing, and it violates WCAG 2.2: Understanding Success Criterion 2.5.8: Target Size Minimum. It will show up in Siteimprove as a dotted red box.

Inadvertent multiple links

Although there are multiple reasons this issue occurs, most likely when using the text editor, multiple links were inadvertently created when only one was intended

In the example screenshot, the period, ".", is a separate link. 

In this case, to fix this, it's best to edit and re-apply the link to the text. See Add links to text.