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 >>> >>> >>> >>> ______________________________ _________________ >>> Wikidata-l mailing list >>> [email protected] <mailto:Wikidata-l@lists.** >>> wikimedia.org <[email protected]>> >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/ mailman/listinfo/wikidata-l >>> >>> <https://lists.wikimedia.org/**mailman/listinfo/wikidata-l<https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata-l> >>> > >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ______________________________**_________________ >>> Wikidata-l mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/**mailman/listinfo/wikidata-l<https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata-l> >>> >> >> >> ______________________________**_________________ >> Wikidata-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/**mailman/listinfo/wikidata-l<https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata-l> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikidata-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata-l > >
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