New subject: [WikiConference-India 2011] Vote for the Conference Logo

25 Sep 2011

I changed the logo on the main site today, but this was rolled back with 
a question of whether it had been approved by Jayantha and User:Wikitanvir.

There has already been a long thread on this where nobody disagreed, and 
all said that the spelling errors and mis-reading in Devnagari must be 
fixex. I think we should close the discussion and adopt the revised 
logos. The full set of logos, banners and icons are uploaded here:

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WikiConference_India_2011_Banner.png

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WikiConference_India_2011_Icon.png

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WikiConference_India_Logo_2.svg

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WikiConference_India_Logo_1.png

I accept full blame for earlier proposing this flawed design which read 
as "chikri" or "vikri", and had an incorrect matra for
"wiki" in 
Devnagari. I have worked with the designer to create revised versions 
for all our purposes, from banners to icons to conference shwag.

I urge that we adopt these *across* all sites, conference as well as 
registration, and on all other banners.

The registration page is still using the old logo (they should replace 
it with the banner image above) and the header icon on the conference 
page still has the old logo (should be replaced with the icon png above).

I'm not sure who's in-charge of the registration site and the header, 
but am happy to work with them to provide graphics based on the revised 
logo.

Best,

Shekhar

On 09/26/2011 12:25 AM, Jayanta Nath wrote:
...
  We can discuss
 http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:WikiConference_India_2011
 or
 http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:WikiConference_India_2011/Logo too!!

 On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 12:21 AM, Jayanta Nath &lt;jayantanth(a)gmail.com
 <mailto:jayantanth@gmail.com>> wrote:

     Hi All,

     This discussion should be held in Indian mailing list, because this
     mailing is open for few people.

       User:Bombayologist is changing the logo without firm open dicussion.

     On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 11:57 AM, Pradeep Mohandas
     &lt;pradeep.mohandas(a)gmail.com <mailto:pradeep.mohandas@gmail.com>> wrote:

         hi,

         I am not against changing the current logo because the wording
         is technically incorrect and a lot of us did miss it.

         However, there should be, I think, a larger pool of options than
         2 before we select a new one?

         warm regards,
         Pradeep Mohandas

         On 15 September 2011 07:46, Arun Ramarathnam
         &lt;arunram25(a)gmail.com <mailto:arunram25@gmail.com>> wrote:

             Pradeep,

             If it is a technical mistake it is ok to change.
             However only for future printing etc.

             Given that this event in intended to happen regularly it
             helps to fix any glitches.

             Regards
             Arun

             On 13-Sep-2011, at 4:56 PM, Pradeep Mohandas
             &lt;pradeep.mohandas(a)gmail.com
             <mailto:pradeep.mohandas@gmail.com>> wrote:

              hi,

             Just bumping up this email. There seems to have been an
             error in the current logo - in terms of spelling and it
             appearing differently. Shekhar had asked his friend to
             correct the mistake. Question is whether the change in
             logo needs to be adopted?

             The current logo has already been printed on visiting
             cards and letter heads. Do we change the logo now or let
             it be?

             warm regards,
             Pradeep

             On 10 September 2011 15:32, Shekhar Krishnan
             <<mailto:shekhar@mit.edu>shekhar@mit.edu
             <mailto:shekhar@mit.edu>> wrote:

                 Dear All:

                 (Apologies for cross-posting, this thread was earlier
                 on the Mumbai list
                 only I think).

                 In a recent thread on the wikiconference-india list
                 [1] where 4 people
                 agreed, as well as 2-3 others off-list, it was decided
                 to revise the
                 Devanagari logo for WikiConference [2] to correct its
                 spelling and make
                 it more legible.

                 Arvind Lodaya, the winning logo designer, agreed to
                 quickly make
                 changes, which I have uploaded on his behalf on
                 Commons. See:

<http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:WikiConference_India_Logo_1.png>http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:WikiConference_India_Logo_1.png

                 and

<http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:WikiConference_India_Logo_2.svg>http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:WikiConference_India_Logo_2.svg

                 These mods correct the maatra and remove the flourish
                 to make it more
                 readable by readers of Devnagari. Please vote with +1
                 or -1 so this may
                 be approved by Monday 12 September.

                 Best,

                 Shekhar

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                 [1]

<https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/private/wikiconference-india/2011-September/001252.html>https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/private/wikiconference-india/2011-September/001252.html

                 [2]

<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wiki_Conference_India_logo.svg>http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wiki_Conference_India_logo.svg

                 On 06/27/2011 01:52 PM,
                 <mailto:wheredevelsdare@hotmail.com>wheredevelsdare@hotmail.com
                 <mailto:wheredevelsdare@hotmail.com> wrote:
  Hiya,

 With the deadline for submitting LOGO designs for                  WikiConference
lapsing
  today, we now request everyone to vote for the
                 design they would like to
  see as the logo of WikiConference India from the
                 eight designs
  submitted. *Deadline for voting is 2.30PM on 29
June                  2011* (48 hours
  from now).

 You see all the designs and vote here:

<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:WikiConference_India_2011#Logo>http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:WikiConference_India_2011#Logo

 Kind Regards,
 User:AroundTheGlobe

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