On Thu, Apr 1, 2021 at 4:53 AM Gnangarra <gnanga...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi > > So Sorry, I immediately associated it with the logo BP rolled out in the > late 1990's except with new colours. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BP > See https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Project:Proposal_for_changing_logo_of_MediaWiki,_2020/Round_1#Comments_(6) They are similar only to the extent any two stylized round flower logos would look similar. Also, this has been cleared against registered trademarks. That's why it took five months from the selection process until rolling it out. > On Thu, 1 Apr 2021 at 10:29, Florence Devouard <fdevou...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Nice outcome. Congrats to all >> >> Anthere >> >> PS: yet a little bit sad though :( >> >> >> Le 01/04/2021 à 01:27, Amir Sarabadani a écrit : >> >> Hello, >> After more than one year of design, discussion, vote, iteration, and >> months of legal work, I’m happy to announce that the logo of MediaWiki has >> been officially changed. This applies to both the software and logo of >> https://mediawiki.org. >> >> The old logo of MediaWiki was adopted slightly more than fifteen years >> ago. This logo was featuring the nice concept of a sunflower representing >> diversity, constant growth and also wilderness. >> >> However, with years, the logo became outdated and we realized that it had >> several problems, including but not limited to: >> >> - It was a bitmap picture so it’s unusable in large sizes >> - Its high details (“too realistic”) made it unusable in small sizes >> - Its fixed and realistic style made it hard to have variations or >> adaptations >> >> Most, virtually all, software products use a simpler and more abstract >> form following basic logo design guidelines and best-practices to avoid >> above (and more) issues. For example, docker, kubernetes, Ubuntu, Vue.js, >> React, Apache Kafka and many more. >> >> You can find the discussion of changing the logo in >> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Project:Proposal_for_changing_logo_of_MediaWiki,_2020 >> . As you can see on this page, a lot of interesting practical and >> theoretical exchanges happened, leading to the final vote and decision. >> >> The new logo represents a collection of projects built on our engine: >> each petal is one of the many wikis that we support, and the lack of an >> explicit core shows that we are part of these projects, as well as and they >> are part of MediaWiki. The new logo also reflects the fact that evolution >> never stops, and like the petals of a flower, the development of each >> project, the growth of each community built on our engine allows everyone >> else to grow. >> >> The designer of the new logo is [[User:Serhio Magpie]]. With the nice >> abstraction baked-in, you can use it in large or small sizes or you can >> adapt it for different usecases (there’s one already for mediawiki on >> docker: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T274678). There is a logo >> guideline for MediaWiki now: >> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:MediaWiki_logo_guidelines >> >> We already deployed changes to mediawiki.org and landed related patches >> on master, meaning from 1.36 release onwards, it’ll come with the new logo. >> You can follow the work of rolling it out in >> https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T268230. >> >> I humbly ask Wikimedians to update their wikis, for example usages on the >> main pages, Wikipedia articles, templates, and more. You can use the logos >> in this category on Commons. The files are already protected against upload >> vandalism. >> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:MediaWiki_logo_(2020) >> >> A big thank you to all who helped this project to finish. From designers, >> community members, people who voted and discussed it intensively for >> months, Wikimedia Legal for doing all the necessary work for transferring >> the rights, clearing it and filing it for trademark. And many many more >> people. >> >> Best >> -- >> Amir (he/him) >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l >> New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, >> <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> >> <wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l >> New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, >> <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> >> > > > -- > GN. > > *Power of Diverse Collaboration* > *Sharing knowledge brings people together* > Wikimania Bangkok 2022 > August > hosted by ESEAP > > Wikimania: https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Gnangarra > Noongarpedia: https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/nys/Main_Page > My print shop: https://www.redbubble.com/people/Gnangarra/shop?asc=u > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > -- Amir (he/him)
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