Hi,
Just to say thank you for sharing the finalists under a free license on Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:2022_Wikimedia_sound_logo_contes... Will the non-finalist sounds also be shared there? Commons needs more freely licenced audio files!
Thanks, Mike
On 09/12/2022 21:39, Mehrdad Pourzaki wrote:
Thanks for the notes of appreciation shared here on this thread and elsewhere. A great deal of community and staff effort has gone into conceptualizing this contest and making it a reality, especially since May of this year when we switched to a more active phase of the project https://diff.wikimedia.org/2022/05/24/refining-a-global-contest-to-create-the-sound-of-wikimedia/. The great participation in the votes so far is much appreciated. With further thanks to your help and input, we were able to fix a few glitches and oversights as well. We took the precedent of voting and the reliable Schulze method https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schulze_method from recent visual logo contests for Abstract Wikipedia https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Abstract_Wikipedia/Wikifunctions_logo_concept and MediaWiki https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Project:Proposal_for_changing_logo_of_MediaWiki,_2020/Round_2 (you can learn more on Diff https://diff.wikimedia.org/2022/05/14/conceptualizing-a-new-logo-contest-based-on-existing-practices/).
So, please have a listen or listen again, and help select the sound of Wikimedia https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Sound_Logo_Vote.
Best regards, Mehrdad
*Mehrdad Pourzaki*
Lead Movement Communications Specialist wikimediafoundation.org https://wikimediafoundation.org/
On Wed, Dec 7, 2022 at 3:12 PM Samuel Klein <meta.sj@gmail.com mailto:meta.sj@gmail.com> wrote:
I love this. Thanks for all the work going into the candidates! (the voting widget is extremely non-intuitive however...) On Wed, Dec 7, 2022 at 12:26 PM Galder Gonzalez Larrañaga <galder158@hotmail.com <mailto:galder158@hotmail.com>> wrote: I didn't expect very much of this project. I was wrong. Thanks for all the logo proposals! Galder ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *From:* Risker <risker.wp@gmail.com <mailto:risker.wp@gmail.com>> *Sent:* Tuesday, December 6, 2022 6:04 PM *To:* Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org <mailto:wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org>> *Subject:* [Wikimedia-l] Re: Vote for your favourite sound logo Wow, I'm really impressed at the quality of these proposed sound logos. It's going to be hard to choose! Thank you to all of the contributors, organizers, and volunteer screeners. Risker/Anne On Tue, 6 Dec 2022 at 11:53, Festus Yemi <yemifestusfx2@gmail.com <mailto:yemifestusfx2@gmail.com>> wrote: This sounds very interesting to me. I Can't wait to hear the most voted sound logo for the leading online encyclopedia . Regards, Festus On Tue, Dec 6, 2022, 4:52 PM Linda Lenrow Lopez <llenrowlopez@wikimedia.org <mailto:llenrowlopez@wikimedia.org>> wrote: I can't vote, but just wanted to send a note to say it was wonderful to hear all of the potential final sound logos. There are so many wonderful ones it will be hard to choose a single sound. One consideration that could have been included in the How to Vote section - the sound should be one people would not tire of hearing frequently...as we do indeed hope they will hear it often! Linda Lenrow Lopez (she/her) Enterprise Risk Management Principal Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> We are not in a post fact world <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQ4ba28-oGs> Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. That's our commitment. Donate. <https://donate.wikimedia.org/> /Curious? Here are 7 reasons to consider donating. <https://medium.com/freely-sharing-the-sum-of-all-knowledge/7-reasons-you-should-donate-to-wikipedia-fda4d0fab8d0>/ On Tue, Dec 6, 2022 at 10:23 AM Mehrdad Pourzaki <mpourzaki@wikimedia.org <mailto:mpourzaki@wikimedia.org>> wrote: Hi everyone, Voting <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Sound_Logo_Vote>in the Wikimedia sound logo contest has started [1]. Crowds, pages turning, drums, chimes, vocals, and the sound of keyboards typing. Wikimedia is alive with sound, music, and everything in between. From December 6 to 19, 2022, please play a part <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Sound_Logo_Vote>and help identify the Sound of All Human Knowledge. Voting is open until 19 December, 23:59 UTC. Learn more on Diff <https://diff.wikimedia.org/2022/12/06/vote-for-the-sound-of-all-human-knowledge/> [2]. The sound logo team is grateful to everyone who participated in this global contest. We received 3,235 submissions from 2,094 participants in 135 countries. We are incredibly grateful to the team of volunteer screeners <https://diff.wikimedia.org/2022/10/31/screening-3235-sound-submissions/>and the selection committee <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/Sound_Logo/Contest_proposal#How_will_the_final_selection_happen?>who, among others, helped to bring us to where we are today. It is now up to Wikimedia to choose its sound logo. Best wishes, The sound logo team [1] Vote for the Sound of All Human Knowledge: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Sound_Logo_Vote <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Sound_Logo_Vote> [2] Learn more on Diff: https://diff.wikimedia.org/2022/12/06/vote-for-the-sound-of-all-human-knowledge/ <https://diff.wikimedia.org/2022/12/06/vote-for-the-sound-of-all-human-knowledge/> [3] Screening 3235 submissions: https://diff.wikimedia.org/2022/10/31/screening-3235-sound-submissions/ <https://diff.wikimedia.org/2022/10/31/screening-3235-sound-submissions/> [4] The Selection Committee: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/Sound_Logo/Contest_proposal#How_will_the_final_selection_happen <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/Sound_Logo/Contest_proposal#How_will_the_final_selection_happen>? * * *Mehrdad Pourzaki* Lead Movement Communications Specialist wikimediafoundation.org <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org <mailto:wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org>, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines> and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l> Public archives at https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/LWW77MLYX22O3Q5MJSA5L43YZGYGBQPO/ <https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/LWW77MLYX22O3Q5MJSA5L43YZGYGBQPO/> To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-leave@lists.wikimedia.org <mailto:wikimedia-l-leave@lists.wikimedia.org> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org <mailto:wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org>, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines> and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l> Public archives at https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/SB4AIHEG6CTKUCLSXQR3XJCH5563CUI3/ <https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/SB4AIHEG6CTKUCLSXQR3XJCH5563CUI3/> To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-leave@lists.wikimedia.org <mailto:wikimedia-l-leave@lists.wikimedia.org> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org <mailto:wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org>, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines> and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l> Public archives at https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/FX3ASDI6C56UEJ4ZW3GR4IKGG7AGRJ5J/ <https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/FX3ASDI6C56UEJ4ZW3GR4IKGG7AGRJ5J/> To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-leave@lists.wikimedia.org <mailto:wikimedia-l-leave@lists.wikimedia.org> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org <mailto:wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org>, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines> and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l> Public archives at https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/VWRK2FX63WR5J2CDDCMG2EQL7UTNSP7J/ <https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/VWRK2FX63WR5J2CDDCMG2EQL7UTNSP7J/> To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-leave@lists.wikimedia.org <mailto:wikimedia-l-leave@lists.wikimedia.org> -- Samuel Klein @metasj w:user:sj +1 617 529 4266 _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org <mailto:wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org>, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines> and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l> Public archives at https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/C5QNGDPJC6HR4H3BG33DAOZKSQNEATCV/ <https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/C5QNGDPJC6HR4H3BG33DAOZKSQNEATCV/> To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-leave@lists.wikimedia.org <mailto:wikimedia-l-leave@lists.wikimedia.org>
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