Comment 1 for bug 1417906

Among other things in the ubuntu.xsl files, the basic html page template seems to have been copied from the helpwiki-light-moin-theme code on or about 2011.10. I don't know that it was ever reviewed for needed or not needed content. Anyway, it bears little resemblance now.

Beyond style sheet usage, other uses for div tags with "id"s are later references by a hyperlink or applet or other automated processes. I just don't see those uses in these cases as being practical. So, I believe these things started as a mess and have continued to propagate as a mess. Now some do make sense, i.e.:

<div id="pagebottom">
</div>

If it is actually referenced or not, I don't know, but the plan is to leave it (and similar ones).