Hi all,

This is very nice. What I'm missing here are two things: 1. some level of
abstraction (I know its a bit abstract to say that :-),  2. the structure,
or batter said - the links...

Carmel Kent.

On Sun, Apr 8, 2012 at 11:04 PM, Benjamin Bois <[email protected]>wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I've just finished the new logo from the Markus idea:
> - http://dl.dropbox.com/u/177440/wikidata/20120407_wikidata10.png
> Now, I stop and wait for comments and others critics.
>
> Cheers,
> --
> Ben
>
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 1:56 PM, Markus Krötzsch <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> On 06/04/12 12:35, Benjamin Bois wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Markus,
>>> thank you for helping us (designers) to find the way :)
>>> To help us a bit more, can you (and the other members) give us elements
>>> to be integrated to the logo in reference to the WikiData philosophy?
>>>
>>
>> Well, just making suggestions ... in the end (like with all Wikimedia
>> projects), the community will decide about the logo. The Wikidata developer
>> team might only decide about the logo for the software (just like MediaWiki
>> has an own logo that is different from Wikipedia's logo). So in fact we
>> will need two logos :-)
>>
>> So what should go into a Wikidata logo? I think: everything that people
>> collect data about: people, animals, cars, chemistry, music, math, flowers,
>> computers, ... Like the puzzle globe emphasizes the textual nature of
>> Wikipedia (in many languages), a Wikidata logo should emphasize that the
>> project is about the "things" themselves. I don't know how to make this
>> visually appealing and clearly recognizable at the scale of a normal wiki
>> logo, but I think it could be done.
>>
>> Good luck :-)
>>
>> Markus
>>
>>
>>> On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 1:21 PM, Markus Krötzsch
>>> <[email protected] 
>>> <mailto:markus@semantic-**mediawiki.org<[email protected]>
>>> >>
>>>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>    Thanks for all the input!
>>>
>>>    One thing I would like to keep in mind is that Wikidata is meant to
>>>    be easy and welcoming for a wide audience. As a computer scientist,
>>>    I understand and appreciate imagery like a steel database cylinder,
>>>    but I think it could look a bit technocratic to "normal" people. I
>>>    don't have concrete proposals, but I would find it amazing if the
>>>    logo could have a human touch to it.
>>>
>>>    One idea maybe: many people will know the Unilever logo [1] (a U
>>>    made of a variety of objects). There are various logos in similar
>>>    style (see also the "earth" category at logotrends 2011 [2]). Maybe
>>>    something like this would be suitable for us, to show that Wikidata
>>>    is about a wide range of topics and people. But making such a logo
>>>    is a bit of work.
>>>
>>>    Cheers,
>>>
>>>    Markus
>>>
>>>    [1] https://www.google.com/search? q=unilever+logo&um=1&tbm=isch
>>>    
>>> <https://www.google.com/**search?q=unilever+logo&um=1&**tbm=isch<https://www.google.com/search?q=unilever+logo&um=1&tbm=isch>
>>> >
>>>    [2] http://www.logolounge.com/ article.asp
>>>    
>>> <http://www.logolounge.com/**article.asp<http://www.logolounge.com/article.asp>
>>> >?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>    On 05/04/12 08:39, Lydia Pintscher wrote:
>>>
>>>        Hey folks :)
>>>
>>>        You're all awesome for creating pretty logos! Love them.
>>>        Can you all add them to
>>>        http://meta.wikimedia.org/ wiki/Talk:Wikidata#WikiData_
>>>        logo_candidate
>>>        <http://meta.wikimedia.org/**wiki/Talk:Wikidata#WikiData_**
>>> logo_candidate<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikidata#WikiData_logo_candidate>
>>> >
>>>        please so we don't lose any of them?
>>>
>>>
>>>        Cheers
>>>        Lydia
>>>
>>>
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