https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=51927
MZMcBride <[email protected]> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|REOPENED |RESOLVED Resolution|--- |WORKSFORME --- Comment #7 from MZMcBride <[email protected]> --- (In reply to comment #6) > MZMcBride, due to your track record of high quality thoughtful bugs and > comments on discussions in the community, I honestly assumed this was a joke. Not a joke, no. But I'm fine with closing this bug. More below. > If you are truly "disturbed" by the icon perhaps it is some deeper issue that > may have nothing to do with the icon itself but a fear of smiling? :-) I'm not a huge fan of smiley faces being used in the user interface (e.g., [[mw:Extension:MoodBar]]). I think it often comes across as childish and/or amateurish and/or creepy. I think the green square-headed variety of smilies are particularly strange and off-putting. > Either way, the icon was arrived at because the original icon (a heart) was > found to be confusing to some cultures, a smile on the other hand while > skirting the line of us trying to avoid iconography with human forms (eyes, > hands, etc) was selected because with a few small caveats smiles and smiling > are felt to be a universal sign of happiness and good will. > > As Quim mentioned, the new icon seems to have overwhelming acceptance > compared to any previous iteration of the iconography, and we've not gotten > any significant complaints. Okay. Different people naturally respond differently. This bug was actually changed from the default "new" resolution to "unconfirmed" because I wasn't sure if anyone else had the same reaction as I did. If nobody else minds the green square-headed smiley face, we can close this bug as "worksforme". -- 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
