Hello everyone,
I, too, wanted to extend my gratitude to everyone who has been working on this project, as well as to all the community members who have already participated and voted.
Seeking information and engaging with knowledge has become a more diverse experience globally, with sound being among the fastest growing fields. As established digital citizens and new generations coming online are growingly consuming information in a `listening mode`, it seems a good moment in time to be voting for a sound logo for Wikimedia projects, one that can represent us in new ways. Community members, Foundation staff and sound enthusiasts from around the world, have all collaborated to bring us here, and the results are interesting and inspiring.
I have been following the progress of this project closely since its inception, and as a volunteer, was honored to also be involved as part of the selection committee. Along with community members and audio professionals, we have reviewed and scored the top 40 submissions, leading to the top 10 sounds the the community is now voting on. As some of you know, I have a long time passion for music (in all its diversified glory), so I was excited to be able to contribute to this project more substantially. It was a unique experience that I'll cherish for years to come, and I am grateful to the WMF team working on this in a true spirit of openness, transparency and collaboration, as well as to all the volunteers who invested time and effort in the process.
*I encourage you all to have a listen and a say in selecting the sound* *that will represent us* for many years to come. So if you haven't already, I hope you consider participating and vote. One more week to go!
With gratitude, Shani.
Shani Evenstein Sigalov https://wikimediafoundation.org/profile/shani-evenstein-sigalov/
Vice Chair, Board of Trustees
Chair, Community Affairs Committee
Wikimedia Foundation https://wikimediafoundation.org/
On Fri, 9 Dec 2022 at 23:47, Mike Peel email@mikepeel.net wrote:
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-th.... 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_concep... and MediaWiki < https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Project:Proposal_for_changing_logo_of_MediaWi... (you can learn more on Diff < https://diff.wikimedia.org/2022/05/14/conceptualizing-a-new-logo-contest-bas...
).
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-sho...
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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%3Ein 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%3Eand 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-knowle... [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/%3Ean... the selection committee < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/Sound_Logo/Contest_proposal#H..., 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%3E
[2] Learn more on Diff:https://diff.wikimedia.org/2022/12/06/vote-for-the-sound-of-all-human-knowle... < https://diff.wikimedia.org/2022/12/06/vote-for-the-sound-of-all-human-knowle...
[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/%3E
[4] The Selection Committee:https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/Sound_Logo/Contest_proposal#H... < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/Sound_Logo/Contest_proposal#H...
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