Jimmy-
I'm happy with the result of the logo competition,
and I endorse
Erik's idea that we revisit it a couple of years from now. I'm not
happy with the idea of per-langauage ratification, but it's certainly
better than any of the International Wikipedias feeling that we've
shoved something down their throats. (I do agree with those who say
that the whole point of the process, though, was to have a uniform
logo everywhere!)
As I said, this was primarily done to accommodate those Wikipedias who
already have a nonstandard logo and might feel they are treated unfairly
because they consider their current logo superior to the new one (e.g.
"fat white dove on green gradient = better than puzzle sphere"). But I'm
all for stamping on national idiosyncrasies and building a world
government instead (really!).
Possibly a good compromise would be to have people
volunteer first for
a design committee
That's an interesting idea, especially considering that the people who
would complain would then largely be identical to the recipients of the
complaints, so it might cut down on the whining ;-). It would also help to
reduce the workload of individuals. I'm not sure it will work without
*some* benevolent dictator making the basic rules, though.
Regards,
Erik