https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23141
--- Comment #20 from Jared Zimmerman (WMF) <[email protected]> --- I'll weigh in since someone added me to the bug. lets not use body parts or human forms, it can be weird at best and offensive at worst in some cultures. an eye specifically is a very overloaded metaphor (not that a star isn't) using graphics apps a lot, an eye makes me think of visibility, not watching. I think we could try a 100 different icons and arrive at some great things, that lots of people would like, and lots wouldn't, that said, the star has become part of the vocabulary of the site, its overused, barnstars, featured articles, watchlists, etc. But when it comes down to it, its part of the brand. For that simple reason my recommendation is to keep it. I gave a talk recently at techdays, and the star issue was one point that I made when I talked about inconsistency on the site. We have a bug logged to sync the desktop and mobile stars as well as make the start Hi-DPI compatible https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54307 (May will be providing the asset next week) Will we change the imagery for barstars? unlikely, featured? maybe. Let's work on consistency first, and then we can explore some alternate ways to clarify what the purpose of the star is, when it comes down to it, I don't think the problem is the icon, its a problem with discoverability and the core concept of a watchlist that confuses new users. My recommendation is to close this out, and start thinking of new ways to represent "featured" that don't involve stars… -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug. You are on the CC list for the bug. _______________________________________________ Wikibugs-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikibugs-l
