On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 3:40 AM, Markus Krötzsch
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markus@semantic-mediawiki.org> 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
>> 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
>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 1:56 PM, Markus Krötzsch
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>> 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
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>> 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>>
>> [2]
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>>
>> please so we don't lose any of them?
>>
>>
>> Cheers
>> Lydia
>>
>>
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