--- Nicholas Moreau nicholasmoreau@gmail.com wrote:
The reason I suggested multiple languages is because this seems harder to achieve than broad consensus. Thus if it's harder to start a logo contest, there's less chance of them starting when they're not needed. Although I'm not complaining, the selection of my illustration for the Wikisource logo was thanks to the German Wikipedia's approval vote. The English vote was still in a state of complete indecision.
I just want to correct one thing here. There was no logo contest at the English Wikisource. The logo contest was going through difficulties. So a poll was started in many of the Wikisource subdomains (de en es fr he it ja pl) on whether we should change the logo at all. "Wikisources' logo is discussed. Now is maybe the time for change, shall we keep it as is, or launch a redesign process? please give your input on the whole affair" The English poll was inconclusive, but this was not a logo approval vote. Other subdomains had conclusive polls in favor of going forward with the logo contest, but this did not happen. The german wikisource forced the whole issue. And someone spoke to developers and had the logo changed without notifing the various communities.
I do not have a problem with change. If someone can convince a developer to make such a change then they have good reasons. The thing I really dislike about what happened is that people on the pt.WS and probably others thought en.WS had changed their project without getting any input. I dislike that a community I am a part of gets the blame for other people doing a poor job of international relations. I also dislike the fact that non-english speakers had to find out about the new logo in this way. I would not enjoy being in their position and having the whole site just change one day. I hope this does not happen with the curent logo contests.
Birgitte SB
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