Delphine, I agree with you :-) It also has some problems when you try to use it in different layouts, at least to me... -- Nuno Tavares Wikimedia Portugal http://www.wikimedia.pt Imagine um mundo onde é dada a qualquer pessoa a possibilidade de ter livre acesso ao somatório de todo o conhecimento humano. É isso o que estamos a fazer. Participe também: http://www.wikimedia.pt

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Hello everybody, Sounds great! I just have one question, the voting ends on the 27th or the 30th of Abril? Maybe i would only open the voting from the 17th on (after the last submission). And voting on Commons makes more sense, i think. Susana 2011/3/30 Benoît Evellin <benoit.evellin(a)wikimedia.fr> _______________________________________________ Wiki Loves Monuments mailing list WikiLovesMonuments(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikilovesmonuments http://www.wikilovesmonuments.eu

On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 9:53 AM, Maarten Dammers <maarten(a)mdammers.nl> wrote: Ouch. OK, let's go forward with this then. Here are some of the criteria I was thinking about, input welcome: MUST *logo must be svg. *logo must be CC-BY or CC-BY-SA *logo must be easily usable on promotion material (caps, mugs, buttons, posters, leaflets etc.) and on many color backgrounds NICE TO HAVE *logo _does not_ have to be a nth derivative of the Wikimedia Community logo *logo must be recognizable from afar *logo should be as "language neutral" as possible. This means for example that text should be rendered in font rather than in vectors to allow for possible translations/adaptations. =>not sure about this...thoughts? *logo should be as "international" as possible, and speak to the wider community. *logo should not be time tied, but should allow for variations (such as year, maybe place) DOs and DON'Ts Visual guidelines: * no or very straightforward gradient (difficult to render on swag) * sharp contours (no messy background, also difficult to render on swag) * black/white and/or grayscale must be easy to render (logo must be contrasted) * easily scalable (a big-size logo must look as nice as a small-size logo) BRIEF: Wiki loves monument is a photo contest that engages the Wikimedia community and the community at large to work at making pictures of listed monuments around the world. 2011 will be the first time that Wiki Loves Monuments happens in a coordinated fashion and on a wide scale, in Europe. More about the project here: (link to Commons page). In order to make this a success, several Wikimedia chapters and groups of community members are working on coordinating the organisation of the event. The logo will be used on promotional material (leaflets, swag etc.) for participants, on posters to advertise the event and on brochures to present the project to potential partner institutions. We need a cool logo that will represent both the "serious" spirit of the event (we're talking about "governement" listed monuments) but that will also engage community participants and make them proud of displaying it as much as possible. Although the event is coordinated this year for Europe, we hope to make this a recurring and world-wide event in the years to come. *Logo competition runs as of now, last submissions must be entered before the 17th of April 23.59 UTC. After that date, only variations/adaptations of a same logo may be presented by designers to the voters. *Votes are ongoing, votes close on the 30th of April => not sure about ongoing votes? *Comments are welcome and even desired *Community vote on meta or Commons? (note: my preference would go to commons, but I don't really care) *Voting closes on the 27th of April, 23.59 UTC How to participate: *Upload your logo on Commons in an svg format and tag it with the category [[Category:Wiki Loves Monuments logo contest]]. *Make sure the logo is under CC-BY or CC-BY-SA *List your logo on the designated page under the format: == Name of logo == *by [[User:XXXX]] ===Votes=== (votes must be cast with the templates {{support}} or {{oppose}}. All votes should give a reason why they go one way or the other, so as to allow uploaders to adapt their logo and resubmit) ===Comments=== I think I've covered it all. Thoughts? Thanks, Delphine -- @notafish NB. This gmail address is used for mailing lists. Personal emails will get lost. Intercultural musings: Ceci n'est pas une endive - http://blog.notanendive.org Photos with simple eyes: notaphoto - http://photo.notafish.org _______________________________________________ Wiki Loves Monuments mailing list WikiLovesMonuments(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikilovesmonuments http://www.wikilovesmonuments.eu

On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 9:53 AM, Maarten Dammers <maarten(a)mdammers.nl> wrote: Ouch.