[Foundation-l] Logo Contests

[Gerard Meijssen]

Delphine Ménard wrote:
> On 9/11/06, Daniel Bregman <dbmag9 at gmail.com> wrote:
>   
>> Following the Incubator logo debacle, I thought it pertinent to make sure
>> that the new logo contests are given the best possible chance of being
>> noticed. Hence this notice that there are currently three (3) logo
>> competitions open to voting at Meta.
>>
>> These are for Wikibooks, Wiktionary and Wikiversity. If you are an admin
>> there, please put up a sitenotice. If you are not, try to inform people in
>> those communities. If you are a member of the Foundation, please watch the
>> voting to make sure that inappropriate logos are not chosen.
>>     
>
>
> Thank you for the warning. I'll just say again what I've said a
> thousand times. What is it about the Wikimedia logo that is so grand
> that people seem to be stuck with it and its colors?
>
> Did imagination stop with the puzzleball? Are all those other projects
> not great enough that they deserve their very own identity?
>
> Mind you, there are a few very good logos out there. To keep on the
> safe side, I would by definition scratch anything that's remotely
> round, green, blue and red, or any of those two in the same logo.
>
> Delphine
> definitely puzzled.
Hoi,
It is not necessarily that the Wikipedia or the Meta or the Commons logo 
are that great. What they have is some common identity. I think it is a 
GOOD thing when the Wikimedia Foundation logos have familiarity. This 
does not mean that they have to be the seem but they having commonality 
is good.
Thanks,
     GerardM