2006/12/28, Erik Moeller erik@wikimedia.org:
On 12/28/06, Gatto Nero gattonero@gmail.com wrote:
There is a huge difference between "thank a donor for what it did" and "put a commercial logo in Wikipedia home-page".
- Virgin Unite is the non-profit arm of Virgin. It's a charitable
organization listed in directories such as GuideStar.
The logo is a big dot with Virgin Inside: no matter if there is a big "Unite" under it, it publicize Virgin.
- Please explain what exactly the difference between visual and
textual identification of a donor is, in your opinion.
First of all, textual identification is less intrusive. Second of all: marketing works with logos. There's a reason why a logo is so important for the life of a company. Try to think to the Apple of Apple. Or the stilized Windows of Microsoft Windows. Think about how important is the Brand of Coca-Cola, used everywhere. "Visual" is more influent than text. If you take a look to recent music videos, you'll see a lot of "not-so-hidden" spot of mobile phones with logo really visible. It's not that difficult to understand.