Re: Use new Konqi mascot
Cornelius Schumacher <[email protected]>
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On Wednesday 22 May 2013 Maarten De Meyer wrote: > > I'm not sure where or when we should add it so I'm asking for feedback > here. I'm late, but I still wanted to chime in. Konqi [0] is a part of the KDE family [1] for a long time now. He has not only been part of our software and promotion activities, he has also made several real-life appearances on his own [2], or with his girlfriend Katie [3], and as a movie star [4]. He has looked over the shoulders of many KDE developers [5] and the plush version [6] has been part of quite some of our kid's lifes, including mine. Konqi has inspired artists [7], pastry cooks [8], and needlework [9]. He also has been an excellent member of the family of free software mascots [10]. And of course what would David be without his famous Konqi T-Shirt [11]? Konqi is part of our home as community, and while not everybody likes him the same [12], for many of us he is part of the identity of KDE. But he wasn't our first mascot [13], and he won't be our last one. The new rendition [14] is cute, but still professional, and opening up a number of new interesting ways how to work with our mascot. It will have to prove itself. I don't think it would be right to do a huge change to our mascot by a vote or a committee. But if there are people behind it, who give it a life, use it to give KDE promotion a fresh touch, make use of the opportunities it provides, it will grow and can become a worthy successor of our current Konqi. Then it will be part of the KDE family as well. [0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konqi [1] http://vizzzion.org/images/blog/breakfast-darmstadt-konqi.jpg [2] http://liveblue.wordpress.com/2012/08/08/fisl13-and-release-party- salvador/ [3] http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2008/01/kde-kosplay-here- there-be-dragons/ [4] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSAuHsKGYyc [5] http://dot.kde.org/2010/03/07/interview-kdepim-contributor-tobias- k%C3%B6nig [6] http://home.comcast.net/~geekgirl.kristi/images/shrine/konqi_85_1.jpg [7] http://liveblue.wordpress.com/2011/10/09/how-cute-can-konqui-be/ [8] http://mamatoshi.wordpress.com/2007/08/20/happy-birthday-kde/ [9] http://www.flickr.com/photos/puckman/88176989/ [10] http://www.schmi-dt.de/penguins/tux.en.html [11] http://static.kdenews.org/danimo/david.jpg [12] https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=129122 [13] http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kandalf.png [14] http://krita.org/item/133-krita-konqi-contest-the-winner-is-found -- Cornelius Schumacher <[email protected]> _______________________________________________ This message is from the kde-promo mailing list. Visit https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-promo to unsubscribe, set digest on or temporarily stop your subscription.