On 05/09/07, geni geniice@gmail.com wrote:
On 05/09/07, Stan Shebs stanshebs@earthlink.net wrote:
In fact, we should be able to announce the opportunity and then pick from several competitors - not every day that a graphic designer gets to do a makeover for one of the world's best-known websites.
We tried it. Given the response if I didn't know better I'd say you remarks were calculated to be undiplomatic.
Lots of people do customised MediaWiki skins - we could easily pick a replacement for Monobook from almost anywhere.
As for the joys of graphic design competitions around Wikimedia, I commend to you the following page, which explains in pictures why graphic designers are paid money:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/International_logos_%28overview%29
Mind you, we did get three really good ones (the puzzle globe, the Wikimedia logo and the Mediawiki logo) out of it. But hoo boy.
- d.