From: "Ray Saintonge" <saintonge(a)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.
