I think the WM Logo is very beautiful. It's not meaningless. It looks like someone dancing happily, just like he/she is attending a very joyful party. <br><br>THD<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">2007/2/5, phoebe ayers <
<a href="mailto:brassratgirl@gmail.com">brassratgirl@gmail.com</a>>:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">On 2/4/07, Dan Jacobson <
<a href="mailto:jidanni@jidanni.org">jidanni@jidanni.org</a>> wrote:<br>> BY> Thanks! My resume's posted. =p<br>> >> I have to say it's an amazing logo.<br>> >> On 1/11/07, Ben Yates wrote:
<br>> >> > I designed the original logo; if anyone wants my help with the new<br>> >> > one, let me know.<br>><br>> Well my Mom says<br>><br>> >>>>> "M" == Annette Jacobson writes:
<br>><br>> M> I see you are volunteering for the conference. One point of<br>> M> criticism: Can't they do better for a logo? It looks like two<br>> M> separated smears of paint -- doesn't signify anything, and also not
<br>> M> very artistic. Maybe they can have a jury-peered artist contest for a<br>> M> new and better design?<br>><br>> I however have images turned off on my modem line, so it doesn't<br>> matter to me. OK, see you all here in Taiwan in 8/2007.
<br><br>I don't know if I've mentioned this already, but we did get<br>complements on the logo in person at Wikimania '06, including from one<br>person who was a former conference planner.<br><br>As for what the logo signifies: it's a creative WM, IIRC :) I'm not
<br>saying there's not a possibly better logo out there that we could get<br>with a contest, but this one served our purposes well by being<br>recognizable, easy to print, infinitely scalable and uncomplicated<br>(easy to reproduce with markers on handmade signs, for instance!) Any
<br>new logo should aspire to the same goals.<br><br>-- phoebe<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Wikimania-l mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org">Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org
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