On 05/09/07, geni <geniice(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 05/09/07, Stan Shebs
<stanshebs(a)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.