Re: [Foundation-l] Divergent Wiktionary logos

Cary Bass <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.org.wikimedia.wiktionary
Message-ID <49CA5C90.6020108__13494.2699027762$1322875352$gmane$org@wikimedia.org>
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I'd like to propose the following page:

<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiktionary/logo/refresh> be opened for
arguments and vote on it start in a weeks time.

I'd also like considerable help in advertising it throughout the
projects and managing the page, as well.

Cary

Elisabeth Anderl wrote:
> You do get me wrong, I am not justifying the old logo, it is not a
> logo, but the new logo is not accepted by many communities and
> there is a dispute going on for long time now [1], [2], [3], [4],
> [5], and I do not recommend to force all these communities with
> something ugly like that after all these failed attempts to get
> them to accept it. If there would be someone able to design a new
> one from the scratch, something that looks more serious and not
> like a kindergarden sign, maybe that might get more projectwide
> acception.
>
> E.
>
> [1]
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wiktionary/logo#Trademark_infringement
>  [2]
> http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wiktionary-l/2007-November/subject.html
>  [3]
> http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wiktionary-l/2007-February/subject.html
>  [4]
> http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wiktionary-l/2007-January/subject.html
>  [5]
> http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wiktionary-l/2006-September/subject.html
>
>
>
> 2009/3/25 Yann Forget <[email protected]>
>
>> Elisabeth Anderl wrote:
>>> Hello all, this is a very old and often discussed issue, the
>>> problems raised with the logo were not yet addressed (such as
>> copyright
>>> issues, which characters to use), and the new 'logo' is IMHO
>>> the most
>> ugly
>>> thing I have ever seen.
>>>
>>> Btw.: from alexa.com: Where people go on Wiktionary.org:
>>>
>>> - en.wiktionary.org - 48.6% <- old logo - de.wiktionary.org -
>>> 12.8% <- old logo - fr.wiktionary.org - 9.7% <- new logo -
>>> ru.wiktionary.org - 3.6% <- old logo - es.wiktionary.org - 3.1%
>>> <- old logo - ja.wiktionary.org - 2.9% <- old logo -
>>> pl.wiktionary.org - 2.4% <- old logo - pt.wiktionary.org - 2.3%
>>> <- old logo - it.wiktionary.org - 1.6% <- new logo -
>>> el.wiktionary.org - 1.5% <- new logo
>>>
>>> Guess how many Wiktionarians apprently like the new logo...
>> I didn't take part in the discussion and the vote, but this is a
>> poor attempt to justify the old logo. People do not look at a web
>> site like Wiktionary because of the logo.
>>
>>> Best regards, E.
>> Regards,
>>
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