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.