From: "Ray Saintonge" saintonge@telus.net
To clarify, the idea that I previously expressed did not involve a "square" logo.
Ok, let me rephrase that... "a puzzle square" or a piece, as in the reworked logos found at:
http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_logo_variants
In which page we have these logos:
http://meta.wikipedia.org/upload/a/a7/Matthewmayerpuzzlepiece.jpg
http://meta.wikipedia.org/upload/a/a9/Matthewmayerwikifamily.png
http://meta.wikipedia.org/upload/6/62/Wikipedia-sketch-tillwe.png
http://meta.wikipedia.org/upload/8/81/Wikipedia-sketch-tillwe_Gutza01.png
Which don't include the sphere and which are more of a "square idea". It was this that I objected as being far too close to the Microsoft Office implementation of the puzzle piece concept.
In any case the sphere with the puzzle pieces is original enough to Wikipedia, I think the idea of the sphere was there all along in the Wikipedia logo with the text and the older logo with the Bomis/Nupedia text and N vertical lines.
I'm willing to go along with the sphered puzzle pieces. But let's look forward to a reworking of the logo in the future.
Sincerely, Jay B.