On 5/28/06, Ryan Dabler zhaladshar@gmail.com wrote:
That's not completely accurate. The reason the stylized logo is the best that could be done is more related to the fact that no one who wants to change the logo has actually completely followed through in setting up a method to change it
Datrio made a very nice logo contest page on the multilingual Wikisource: http://wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=Wikisource:New_Wikisource_logo&o...
On March 1, ThomasV added a note that "there is no consensus in the community about the need to replace the logo". http://wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=Wikisource:New_Wikisource_logo&d...
Then a completely unnecessary vote on the local language editions about the need to replace the logo was started. The logo process has been, to my knowledge, in limbo since.
It's true that Datrio could have done more to defend and enforce the procedures. But ultimately it was pressure from within the community that led to the bureaucratic erosion of what was originally a fairly reasonable and logical logo voting process.
No use crying over spilled milk. But in my opinion, these things should be done on Meta, with the input of the whole Wikimedia community. All Wikimedia users were affected by the iceberg photo (lovely JPEG artifacts, too!) that was used as a placeholder, so all Wikimedia users should have been given a fair chance to participate.
Erik