I noticed that you have moved the user picture either to the header or at least the top of a section. Would it be (semantically) reasonable to put in an 'aside' near to but still outside the article it relates too? Given the current definition of an 'aside' it seems it might be an appropriate use.

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spaceninja commented
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This is an interesting issue, and the proper semantics are always up for debate. In this case, I chose to leave the user picture in the header because my goal was to change as little as possible about the stock templates, and that's where it is in core.

That said, I think it's appropriate to leave it in header, since the spec defines the header element as a container for "a group of introductory or navigational aids." Author information such as the submitted by line and the author photo can easily be argued to fall into that description.

Technically, the most fitting element would be footer, which is described in the spec as "information about its section such as who wrote it, links to related documents, copyright data, and the like." But again, I was trying to change as little as possible from the core templates, and they have the submitted by and author picture in the header.

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dcrocks commented

That's where I thought it came from. But many themes place the picture floated next to the content, which is why I thought aside would fit. I have mixed your theme with the corolla theme as a start to building my own but there are a lot of changes yet to come. I am looking forward to new developments in boron.