[Foundation-l] Design for wikipedia's front page (and corporate)

Anthony DiPierro wikilegal at inbox.org
Thu May 18 21:51:59 UTC 2006


On 5/18/06, Ben Yates <bluephonic at gmail.com> wrote:
> There was a proposal to overhaul wikipedia's front-page design, and
> wikimedia's corporate design, by holding a contest:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Design_overhaul%2C_2006
>
> But designers are mostly opposed to contests, and pro designers don't
> usually compete in them (contests also pose problems for organizations
> on the recieving end) -- see Talk,
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Design_overhaul%2C_2006
>
> So it looks like we have an offer from a visible designer to help us
> find pro-bono firms and designers who'd be willing to do the site for
> free (just not on spec).  We should put out a call for portfolios.
>
Is the design going to be GFDL?

Anthony



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