[Foundation-l] [Wikitech-l] Translation of "A Wikimedia project" and "Powered by MediaWiki" images

[David Gerard]

Forwarding to Foundation list - this is being put as a trademark
question, not a technical question.

The question: is it allowable to translate the "Powered by MediaWiki"
and "A Wikimedia project" logos? Given the puzzle globe is routinely
translated ...


- d.



On 04/09/06, Steve Summit <scs at eskimo.com> wrote:
> Rob Church wrote:
> > It is not technically possible to translate the "powered by MediaWiki"
> > logo at present.
>
> So many things that need to be parameterizable, so little time... :-)
>
> > I'm not from the Foundation, but I think that translating the "powered
> > by MediaWiki" logo will lead to inconsistencies with other uses of the
> > software; that button brands all MediaWiki wikis, and should be kept
> > as such.
>
> I'm not from the Foundation, either (and know less about it than
> Rob does), but it seems to me that retaining the image part of
> each image, and the names "Wikimedia" and "MediaWiki", and the
> background shading and the text font and color and the overall
> look and feel and everything, while changing only the words
> "A ... project" and "Powered By" to proper translations in a
> wiki's local language, ought to be perfectly acceptable (if it
> was technically possible).
>
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