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On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 12:40, Markus Krötzsch < [email protected]> wrote: > On 08/04/12 21:04, Benjamin Bois wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> I've just finished the new logo from the Markus idea: >> - >> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/**177440/wikidata/20120407_**wikidata10.png<http://dl.dropbox.com/u/177440/wikidata/20120407_wikidata10.png> >> Now, I stop and wait for comments and others critics. >> > > This is very nice. I do like the overall appearance of this assembled > logo. Also, the whole work clearly says "I am a logo". > > This is a type of logo where one can spend arbitrary amounts of time to > optimize the appearance (e.g., some icons could be more abstract). But we > should view this as a draft for now and not discuss every detail yet. The > icons have a slight cultural bias (with the wine being the most > controversial), but again this could be refined. > > In my view, it would be worth elaborating this further. I hope more people > agree. The main issue is to make the logo more prominent/recognizable on > smaller scales (compared to the other logos at [1]), which could require > some abstraction/coarsening of the icons. > > Markus > > [1] > http://commons.wikimedia.org/**wiki/Category:Wikidata_logo_**proposals<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikidata_logo_proposals> > > >> >> On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 1:56 PM, Markus Krötzsch >> <[email protected] >> <mailto:markus@semantic-**mediawiki.org<[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]>> >> <mailto:markus@semantic- >> >> mediawiki.org >> <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<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<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<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]> >> > >> <mailto:Wikidata-l@lists. wikimedia.org >> >> >> <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<https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata-l> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ______________________________ _________________ >> 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] <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> >
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