On Tue, 2009-12-01 at 20:03 +0000, David Gerard wrote:
2009/12/1 Douglas Gardner microchip08@btinternet.com:
From a personal point of view, having a really whacky colour would be nice -- like a vibrant pink logo, á la Amnesty International's colour schemes (but WMUK :)). However, I doubt that the Wikimedia Identity Guidelines would let us. Perhaps a logo such as [love needed], although that's more of an inside joke? There's some alternative fundraising banners floating around at Meta that we could adapt if we wanted slogans. A WMUK logo with a monospace "<3", as we're internet based, washed out in the background? http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Wikimedia_visual_identity_guidelines
If we come up with rough consensus on something plausible, it wouldn't hurt to at least ask WMF about a logo variant.
Sometimes it is easier to ask forgiveness than permission. ;-)
If you're prepared to quickly take down anything deemed too horrific you should not have any issue experimenting with logo design variants. Based on the current fundraiser, I think the volunteers can do better than most pro advertising agencies. It's in the metrics the ad agencies are really good for.