Re: [Foundation-l] Along with Vector, a new look for changes to the Wikipedia identity

[Brian S]

I think you mean
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/archive/b/bc/20100513062230!Wiki.png.

On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 4:34 PM, Platonides  wrote:
> Mike.lifeguard wrote:
>> The globe isn't actually too small, I think it just _looks_ that way
>> because:
>>
>> 1) the new logo has more space in it, in particular at the top
>>
>> 2) the new logo is typically viewed with Vector, which has more space
>> around the logo than monobook did. Take a look at the new logo with
>> ?useskin=monobook and I think you'll find it looks "larger". In fact,
>> monobook crowded the logo a bit uncomfortably.
>>
>> For use in Vector, I think the logo could be made larger, as it
>> currently does not fill the space set aside for it. Vector handles the
>> spacing; the logo doesn't need to have padding in the image as well.
>>
>> --Mike
>
> Come on. The v2 *is* smaller.
> Open http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/bc/Wiki.png and
> http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Wikipedia-logo-v2-en.png
> on two different tabs and switch between them.
> You will notice the change from italic to normal, that the W was bigger
> (bolder?) on the previous logo (we may want to increase it on v2) and
> that the ball was bigger.
> And by bigger I mean that on the previous logo the borders of the circle
> reached the left border of the W and the right of the A.
> The v2 goes from the middle of the W to 25% of the A.
>
> This is not a visual effect. Put your cursor on the right border of the
> globe and change tabs. Whoops, now there is almost a full piece to the
> border.
>
>
>
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Re: [Foundation-l] Wikipedia iPhone app goes v2.0

[Brian S]

I like the map feature as well. :) I might use it sometimes. I would
like it however for it to say points of interest.

On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 10:53 PM, James Alexander  wrote:
> Yea it is :)
>
> On Saturday, May 1, 2010, Jyothis E  wrote:
>> Is that application open source?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Jyothis.
>>
>> http://www.Jyothis.net
>>
>> http://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jyothis
>> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Jyothis
>> I am the first customer of http://www.netdotnet.com
>>
>> woods are lovely dark and deep,
>> but i have promises to keep and
>> miles to go before i sleep and
>> lines to go before I press sleep
>>
>> completion date = (start date + ((estimated effort x 3.1415926) / resources)
>> + ((total coffee breaks x 0.25) / 24)) + Effort in meetings
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 8:38 PM, Steven Walling 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I wholeheartedly second Liam. The maps feature is awesome.
>>>
>>> Steven Walling
>>>
>>> On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 5:07 PM, Liam Wyatt  wrote:
>>>
>>> > Sorry if this has been posted or announced before or somewhere else, but
>>> I
>>> > just noticed it. For anyone out there with an iPhone, the official
>>> > Wikipedia
>>> > App has been updated to version 2.0 as of last week:
>>> > http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/wikipedia-mobile/id324715238?mt=8
>>> > As it says in the release notes "now with maps, bookmarks and
>>> near-complete
>>> > redesign"
>>> >
>>> > Maps!! For me, the killer aspect of Wikipedia+mobile has got to be the
>>> > ability to find articles that are about things nearby me - so great job
>>> > getting this standard in the official app. Here's hoping the mobile
>>> > interface continues to flourish on different platforms, localisations and
>>> > with ever shinier and faster-loading features :-)
>>> >
>>> > Thanks guys,
>>> > -Liam [[witty lama]]
>>> >
>>> > wittylama.com/blog
>>> > Peace, love & metadata
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Re: [Foundation-l] Wikipedia is fun

[Brian S]

It seems that instead of IPs, they used hostnames.

On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 7:37 PM, geni  wrote:
> On 8 March 2010 00:14, Tyler  wrote:
>> That's not what I asked.  I said, in 2001, Wikipedia was founded, right? The 
>> earliest edit in >edit history is 2002.  What was the home page in 2001 then?
>>
>
> Nope oldest edit is 2001:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:UuU&oldid=291430
>
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