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Just a word there I wonder if the "you" is general, or if it is "me".
Well, I had no idea how long the logo has been there. Apologies if it was not possible at the time to discuss these things. But it could be worse: The first Wikipedia logo was an American flag. Imagine trying to impose that on every 'pedia :-)
Who will be unhappy? Are we really talking about strong tendencies within the Wikipedias, or only about single individuals who are very vocal?
Well, we can't know this for sure without a poll... what about setting a poll system ?
Ohhh, voting systems -- I'm all for it :-). However, Jimbo has not yet authorized voting as a general decision making process, otherwise I'd be happy to set up a vote on what kind of changes can and cannot be made to the various international wikis. Note also that there may be cases where Jimbo has a different opinion than the majority of users; for example, Jimbo certainly has a strong interest in preserving and strengthening the Wiki[mp]edia brand, which is somewhat undermined by too large variations in the look and feel.
German: 19.4% English: 8.58% French: 11.8% Polish: 12% Chinese: 9.18% Dutch: 7.42% Swedish: 7.55%
very interesting numbers ! perhaps biased for a lack of choice though
I'm all for new skins. Send me a good HTML mock-up and I might even make one myself. I like Tarquin's proposal for the most part, even though it is not much different from the standard skin. I do think the bottom links should not have been removed.
Regards,
Erik