The on-wiki version of this newsletter can be found here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Abstract_Wikipedia/Updates/2021-10-27
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We have a logo for Wikifunctions!
The logo vote closed in March https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Abstract_Wikipedia/Updates/2021-03-17. The vote was a tremendous success, with 561 contributors casting their votes. Following the vote we had to go through several rounds involving the Legal team and the Design department, with the goal throughout to ensure that we follow the will of the community. After this long (and costly) process we are exhausted and yet delighted to present the finalized logo today:
The original top-voted logo had to be modified as there was a high risk of third parties opposing our use of it, and we learned of ongoing lawsuits over other logos based on lambda characters. It seemed like it would be only a matter of time for the original top-voted design to cause trouble.
So we took a close look at the top three voted community submissions (by NGC 54 https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utilizator:NGC_54, Jon Harald Søby https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Jon_Harald_S%C3%B8by, and Steven Liu Yi https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Stevenliuyi respectively):
The designer combined elements from each of those: the circumscribed lambda from the first logo, the incorporation of the Wikipedia W from the second logo, and the idea of combining the W and the Lambda from the third logo. We used these elements to enrich the winning proposal and at the same time increase its distinctiveness and add an already protected and very recognizable element.
Looking back at Wikidata, this is a similar process that took the original submission and turned it into the final logo.
We hope that you like the logo! We have tested it with a few community members and have seen positive reactions so far. But we have not started the process of registering the mark yet, or printing T-Shirts, stickers, and buttons. We will also create the other assets - a scalable version, the favicon, etc. But we wanted to wait for your reaction as well before we do so.
We are very excited to hear from you.
Congratulations again to NGC 54 https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utilizator:NGC_54 for creating the winning proposal, and to Jon Harald Søby https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Jon_Harald_S%C3%B8by and Steven Liu Yi https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Stevenliuyi for contributing the elements that became part of the final design.
Nice!
But why was the middle serif for the W even needed or kept ? My cleaner version (no rights reserved, gifted, public domain)
Removed middle serif. Broadened right leg of W to give symmetry.
[image: Cleaner_Wikifunctions.png]
Thad https://www.linkedin.com/in/thadguidry/ https://calendly.com/thadguidry/
On Wed, Oct 27, 2021 at 7:52 AM Denny Vrandečić dvrandecic@wikimedia.org wrote:
The on-wiki version of this newsletter can be found here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Abstract_Wikipedia/Updates/2021-10-27
--
We have a logo for Wikifunctions!
The logo vote closed in March https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Abstract_Wikipedia/Updates/2021-03-17. The vote was a tremendous success, with 561 contributors casting their votes. Following the vote we had to go through several rounds involving the Legal team and the Design department, with the goal throughout to ensure that we follow the will of the community. After this long (and costly) process we are exhausted and yet delighted to present the finalized logo today:
The original top-voted logo had to be modified as there was a high risk of third parties opposing our use of it, and we learned of ongoing lawsuits over other logos based on lambda characters. It seemed like it would be only a matter of time for the original top-voted design to cause trouble.
So we took a close look at the top three voted community submissions (by NGC 54 https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utilizator:NGC_54, Jon Harald Søby https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Jon_Harald_S%C3%B8by, and Steven Liu Yi https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Stevenliuyi respectively):
The designer combined elements from each of those: the circumscribed lambda from the first logo, the incorporation of the Wikipedia W from the second logo, and the idea of combining the W and the Lambda from the third logo. We used these elements to enrich the winning proposal and at the same time increase its distinctiveness and add an already protected and very recognizable element.
Looking back at Wikidata, this is a similar process that took the original submission and turned it into the final logo.
We hope that you like the logo! We have tested it with a few community members and have seen positive reactions so far. But we have not started the process of registering the mark yet, or printing T-Shirts, stickers, and buttons. We will also create the other assets - a scalable version, the favicon, etc. But we wanted to wait for your reaction as well before we do so.
We are very excited to hear from you.
Congratulations again to NGC 54 https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utilizator:NGC_54 for creating the winning proposal, and to Jon Harald Søby https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Jon_Harald_S%C3%B8by and Steven Liu Yi https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Stevenliuyi for contributing the elements that became part of the final design.
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Hi Thad. Thanks for the question and suggestion! The middle serif is used to reference/match the "crossed" V https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_Libertine#Usage design of the W in the Wikipedia wordmark (also used for the W in the Wikisource wordmark).
On Wed, Oct 27, 2021 at 8:29 AM Thad Guidry thadguidry@gmail.com wrote:
Nice!
But why was the middle serif for the W even needed or kept ? My cleaner version (no rights reserved, gifted, public domain)
Removed middle serif. Broadened right leg of W to give symmetry.
[image: Cleaner_Wikifunctions.png]
Thad https://www.linkedin.com/in/thadguidry/ https://calendly.com/thadguidry/
On Wed, Oct 27, 2021 at 7:52 AM Denny Vrandečić dvrandecic@wikimedia.org wrote:
The on-wiki version of this newsletter can be found here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Abstract_Wikipedia/Updates/2021-10-27
--
We have a logo for Wikifunctions!
The logo vote closed in March https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Abstract_Wikipedia/Updates/2021-03-17. The vote was a tremendous success, with 561 contributors casting their votes. Following the vote we had to go through several rounds involving the Legal team and the Design department, with the goal throughout to ensure that we follow the will of the community. After this long (and costly) process we are exhausted and yet delighted to present the finalized logo today:
The original top-voted logo had to be modified as there was a high risk of third parties opposing our use of it, and we learned of ongoing lawsuits over other logos based on lambda characters. It seemed like it would be only a matter of time for the original top-voted design to cause trouble.
So we took a close look at the top three voted community submissions (by NGC 54 https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utilizator:NGC_54, Jon Harald Søby https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Jon_Harald_S%C3%B8by, and Steven Liu Yi https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Stevenliuyi respectively):
The designer combined elements from each of those: the circumscribed lambda from the first logo, the incorporation of the Wikipedia W from the second logo, and the idea of combining the W and the Lambda from the third logo. We used these elements to enrich the winning proposal and at the same time increase its distinctiveness and add an already protected and very recognizable element.
Looking back at Wikidata, this is a similar process that took the original submission and turned it into the final logo.
We hope that you like the logo! We have tested it with a few community members and have seen positive reactions so far. But we have not started the process of registering the mark yet, or printing T-Shirts, stickers, and buttons. We will also create the other assets - a scalable version, the favicon, etc. But we wanted to wait for your reaction as well before we do so.
We are very excited to hear from you.
Congratulations again to NGC 54 https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utilizator:NGC_54 for creating the winning proposal, and to Jon Harald Søby https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Jon_Harald_S%C3%B8by and Steven Liu Yi https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Stevenliuyi for contributing the elements that became part of the final design.
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I'm aesthetically challenged, but I think Thad's version without the middle "crossed V" looks less cluttered and still pays homage to the Wikipedia wordmark.
On Wed, Oct 27, 2021 at 11:04 AM Nick Wilson (Quiddity) < nwilson@wikimedia.org> wrote:
Hi Thad. Thanks for the question and suggestion! The middle serif is used to reference/match the "crossed" V https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_Libertine#Usage design of the W in the Wikipedia wordmark (also used for the W in the Wikisource wordmark).
On Wed, Oct 27, 2021 at 8:29 AM Thad Guidry thadguidry@gmail.com wrote:
Nice!
But why was the middle serif for the W even needed or kept ? My cleaner version (no rights reserved, gifted, public domain)
Removed middle serif. Broadened right leg of W to give symmetry.
[image: Cleaner_Wikifunctions.png]
Thad https://www.linkedin.com/in/thadguidry/ https://calendly.com/thadguidry/
On Wed, Oct 27, 2021 at 7:52 AM Denny Vrandečić dvrandecic@wikimedia.org wrote:
The on-wiki version of this newsletter can be found here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Abstract_Wikipedia/Updates/2021-10-27
--
We have a logo for Wikifunctions!
The logo vote closed in March https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Abstract_Wikipedia/Updates/2021-03-17. The vote was a tremendous success, with 561 contributors casting their votes. Following the vote we had to go through several rounds involving the Legal team and the Design department, with the goal throughout to ensure that we follow the will of the community. After this long (and costly) process we are exhausted and yet delighted to present the finalized logo today:
The original top-voted logo had to be modified as there was a high risk of third parties opposing our use of it, and we learned of ongoing lawsuits over other logos based on lambda characters. It seemed like it would be only a matter of time for the original top-voted design to cause trouble.
So we took a close look at the top three voted community submissions (by NGC 54 https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utilizator:NGC_54, Jon Harald Søby https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Jon_Harald_S%C3%B8by, and Steven Liu Yi https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Stevenliuyi respectively):
The designer combined elements from each of those: the circumscribed lambda from the first logo, the incorporation of the Wikipedia W from the second logo, and the idea of combining the W and the Lambda from the third logo. We used these elements to enrich the winning proposal and at the same time increase its distinctiveness and add an already protected and very recognizable element.
Looking back at Wikidata, this is a similar process that took the original submission and turned it into the final logo.
We hope that you like the logo! We have tested it with a few community members and have seen positive reactions so far. But we have not started the process of registering the mark yet, or printing T-Shirts, stickers, and buttons. We will also create the other assets - a scalable version, the favicon, etc. But we wanted to wait for your reaction as well before we do so.
We are very excited to hear from you.
Congratulations again to NGC 54 https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utilizator:NGC_54 for creating the winning proposal, and to Jon Harald Søby https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Jon_Harald_S%C3%B8by and Steven Liu Yi https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Stevenliuyi for contributing the elements that became part of the final design.
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Thad's version does look better.
*Antoine DUSSÉAUX* dusseaux.antoine@gmail.com (+33) 6 59 15 29 84
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On Wed, Oct 27, 2021 at 8:31 PM Bryan Hilderbrand bryanh@tegnosis.wiki wrote:
I'm aesthetically challenged, but I think Thad's version without the middle "crossed V" looks less cluttered and still pays homage to the Wikipedia wordmark.
On Wed, Oct 27, 2021 at 11:04 AM Nick Wilson (Quiddity) < nwilson@wikimedia.org> wrote:
Hi Thad. Thanks for the question and suggestion! The middle serif is used to reference/match the "crossed" V https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_Libertine#Usage design of the W in the Wikipedia wordmark (also used for the W in the Wikisource wordmark).
On Wed, Oct 27, 2021 at 8:29 AM Thad Guidry thadguidry@gmail.com wrote:
Nice!
But why was the middle serif for the W even needed or kept ? My cleaner version (no rights reserved, gifted, public domain)
Removed middle serif. Broadened right leg of W to give symmetry.
[image: Cleaner_Wikifunctions.png]
Thad https://www.linkedin.com/in/thadguidry/ https://calendly.com/thadguidry/
On Wed, Oct 27, 2021 at 7:52 AM Denny Vrandečić < dvrandecic@wikimedia.org> wrote:
The on-wiki version of this newsletter can be found here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Abstract_Wikipedia/Updates/2021-10-27
--
We have a logo for Wikifunctions!
The logo vote closed in March https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Abstract_Wikipedia/Updates/2021-03-17. The vote was a tremendous success, with 561 contributors casting their votes. Following the vote we had to go through several rounds involving the Legal team and the Design department, with the goal throughout to ensure that we follow the will of the community. After this long (and costly) process we are exhausted and yet delighted to present the finalized logo today:
The original top-voted logo had to be modified as there was a high risk of third parties opposing our use of it, and we learned of ongoing lawsuits over other logos based on lambda characters. It seemed like it would be only a matter of time for the original top-voted design to cause trouble.
So we took a close look at the top three voted community submissions (by NGC 54 https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utilizator:NGC_54, Jon Harald Søby https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Jon_Harald_S%C3%B8by, and Steven Liu Yi https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Stevenliuyi respectively):
The designer combined elements from each of those: the circumscribed lambda from the first logo, the incorporation of the Wikipedia W from the second logo, and the idea of combining the W and the Lambda from the third logo. We used these elements to enrich the winning proposal and at the same time increase its distinctiveness and add an already protected and very recognizable element.
Looking back at Wikidata, this is a similar process that took the original submission and turned it into the final logo.
We hope that you like the logo! We have tested it with a few community members and have seen positive reactions so far. But we have not started the process of registering the mark yet, or printing T-Shirts, stickers, and buttons. We will also create the other assets - a scalable version, the favicon, etc. But we wanted to wait for your reaction as well before we do so.
We are very excited to hear from you.
Congratulations again to NGC 54 https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utilizator:NGC_54 for creating the winning proposal, and to Jon Harald Søby https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Jon_Harald_S%C3%B8by and Steven Liu Yi https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Stevenliuyi for contributing the elements that became part of the final design.
Abstract-Wikipedia mailing list -- abstract-wikipedia@lists.wikimedia.org List information: https://lists.wikimedia.org/postorius/lists/abstract-wikipedia.lists.wikimed...
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I like Thad's version a lot too! It reminds me of that creature from Commander Keen, but with mechanical blue arms raised up.
I could imagine that for the favicon, in order to unclutter it for the small size, that this will be a good option. I will forward that to the logo designer.
The advantage of using the W from Wikipedia is that it is already a protected and thus we are legally in a better spot. Hope that makes sense!
Cheers, Denny
On Wed, Oct 27, 2021 at 12:32 PM Antoine Dusséaux < dusseaux.antoine@gmail.com> wrote:
Thad's version does look better.
*Antoine DUSSÉAUX* dusseaux.antoine@gmail.com (+33) 6 59 15 29 84
[ Twitter https://twitter.com/ADssx | LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/in/antoinedusseaux | Substack https://adssx.substack.com/ ]
On Wed, Oct 27, 2021 at 8:31 PM Bryan Hilderbrand bryanh@tegnosis.wiki wrote:
I'm aesthetically challenged, but I think Thad's version without the middle "crossed V" looks less cluttered and still pays homage to the Wikipedia wordmark.
On Wed, Oct 27, 2021 at 11:04 AM Nick Wilson (Quiddity) < nwilson@wikimedia.org> wrote:
Hi Thad. Thanks for the question and suggestion! The middle serif is used to reference/match the "crossed" V https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_Libertine#Usage design of the W in the Wikipedia wordmark (also used for the W in the Wikisource wordmark).
On Wed, Oct 27, 2021 at 8:29 AM Thad Guidry thadguidry@gmail.com wrote:
Nice!
But why was the middle serif for the W even needed or kept ? My cleaner version (no rights reserved, gifted, public domain)
Removed middle serif. Broadened right leg of W to give symmetry.
[image: Cleaner_Wikifunctions.png]
Thad https://www.linkedin.com/in/thadguidry/ https://calendly.com/thadguidry/
On Wed, Oct 27, 2021 at 7:52 AM Denny Vrandečić < dvrandecic@wikimedia.org> wrote:
The on-wiki version of this newsletter can be found here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Abstract_Wikipedia/Updates/2021-10-27
--
We have a logo for Wikifunctions!
The logo vote closed in March https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Abstract_Wikipedia/Updates/2021-03-17. The vote was a tremendous success, with 561 contributors casting their votes. Following the vote we had to go through several rounds involving the Legal team and the Design department, with the goal throughout to ensure that we follow the will of the community. After this long (and costly) process we are exhausted and yet delighted to present the finalized logo today:
The original top-voted logo had to be modified as there was a high risk of third parties opposing our use of it, and we learned of ongoing lawsuits over other logos based on lambda characters. It seemed like it would be only a matter of time for the original top-voted design to cause trouble.
So we took a close look at the top three voted community submissions (by NGC 54 https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utilizator:NGC_54, Jon Harald Søby https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Jon_Harald_S%C3%B8by, and Steven Liu Yi https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Stevenliuyi respectively):
The designer combined elements from each of those: the circumscribed lambda from the first logo, the incorporation of the Wikipedia W from the second logo, and the idea of combining the W and the Lambda from the third logo. We used these elements to enrich the winning proposal and at the same time increase its distinctiveness and add an already protected and very recognizable element.
Looking back at Wikidata, this is a similar process that took the original submission and turned it into the final logo.
We hope that you like the logo! We have tested it with a few community members and have seen positive reactions so far. But we have not started the process of registering the mark yet, or printing T-Shirts, stickers, and buttons. We will also create the other assets - a scalable version, the favicon, etc. But we wanted to wait for your reaction as well before we do so.
We are very excited to hear from you.
Congratulations again to NGC 54 https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utilizator:NGC_54 for creating the winning proposal, and to Jon Harald Søby https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Jon_Harald_S%C3%B8by and Steven Liu Yi https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Stevenliuyi for contributing the elements that became part of the final design.
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From a design perspective, the serif on the middle part of the 'W' balances out the upper left arm of the lambda, creating some visual symmetry :)
Le mer. 27 oct. 2021 à 13:02, Denny Vrandečić dvrandecic@wikimedia.org a écrit :
I like Thad's version a lot too! It reminds me of that creature from Commander Keen, but with mechanical blue arms raised up.
I could imagine that for the favicon, in order to unclutter it for the small size, that this will be a good option. I will forward that to the logo designer.
The advantage of using the W from Wikipedia is that it is already a protected and thus we are legally in a better spot. Hope that makes sense!
Cheers, Denny
On Wed, Oct 27, 2021 at 12:32 PM Antoine Dusséaux < dusseaux.antoine@gmail.com> wrote:
Thad's version does look better.
*Antoine DUSSÉAUX* dusseaux.antoine@gmail.com (+33) 6 59 15 29 84
[ Twitter https://twitter.com/ADssx | LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/in/antoinedusseaux | Substack https://adssx.substack.com/ ]
On Wed, Oct 27, 2021 at 8:31 PM Bryan Hilderbrand bryanh@tegnosis.wiki wrote:
I'm aesthetically challenged, but I think Thad's version without the middle "crossed V" looks less cluttered and still pays homage to the Wikipedia wordmark.
On Wed, Oct 27, 2021 at 11:04 AM Nick Wilson (Quiddity) < nwilson@wikimedia.org> wrote:
Hi Thad. Thanks for the question and suggestion! The middle serif is used to reference/match the "crossed" V https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_Libertine#Usage design of the W in the Wikipedia wordmark (also used for the W in the Wikisource wordmark).
On Wed, Oct 27, 2021 at 8:29 AM Thad Guidry thadguidry@gmail.com wrote:
Nice!
But why was the middle serif for the W even needed or kept ? My cleaner version (no rights reserved, gifted, public domain)
Removed middle serif. Broadened right leg of W to give symmetry.
[image: Cleaner_Wikifunctions.png]
Thad https://www.linkedin.com/in/thadguidry/ https://calendly.com/thadguidry/
On Wed, Oct 27, 2021 at 7:52 AM Denny Vrandečić < dvrandecic@wikimedia.org> wrote:
The on-wiki version of this newsletter can be found here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Abstract_Wikipedia/Updates/2021-10-27
--
We have a logo for Wikifunctions!
The logo vote closed in March https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Abstract_Wikipedia/Updates/2021-03-17. The vote was a tremendous success, with 561 contributors casting their votes. Following the vote we had to go through several rounds involving the Legal team and the Design department, with the goal throughout to ensure that we follow the will of the community. After this long (and costly) process we are exhausted and yet delighted to present the finalized logo today:
The original top-voted logo had to be modified as there was a high risk of third parties opposing our use of it, and we learned of ongoing lawsuits over other logos based on lambda characters. It seemed like it would be only a matter of time for the original top-voted design to cause trouble.
So we took a close look at the top three voted community submissions (by NGC 54 https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utilizator:NGC_54, Jon Harald Søby https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Jon_Harald_S%C3%B8by, and Steven Liu Yi https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Stevenliuyi respectively):
The designer combined elements from each of those: the circumscribed lambda from the first logo, the incorporation of the Wikipedia W from the second logo, and the idea of combining the W and the Lambda from the third logo. We used these elements to enrich the winning proposal and at the same time increase its distinctiveness and add an already protected and very recognizable element.
Looking back at Wikidata, this is a similar process that took the original submission and turned it into the final logo.
We hope that you like the logo! We have tested it with a few community members and have seen positive reactions so far. But we have not started the process of registering the mark yet, or printing T-Shirts, stickers, and buttons. We will also create the other assets - a scalable version, the favicon, etc. But we wanted to wait for your reaction as well before we do so.
We are very excited to hear from you.
Congratulations again to NGC 54 https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utilizator:NGC_54 for creating the winning proposal, and to Jon Harald Søby https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Jon_Harald_S%C3%B8by and Steven Liu Yi https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Stevenliuyi for contributing the elements that became part of the final design.
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