[Foundation-l] Logo Contests

[Birgitte SB]

I think ComCom is being named because I believe they
had the Wikisource logo changed.  The WS logo was not
chosen by contest at all.  And I am not complaining
about this (I do not know why people think the
majority of people at WS are upset about it).  

I think a much simpler solution would be to adopt a
rule that voting may not start on a logo contest until
all active languages have been notified in their own
language.   The work required to get a truly
international logo contest would keep people from
doing these without good reason.  It is also would
prevent someone suddenly comimg to the site one to
find the logo changed without warning.

http://mail.wikipedia.org/pipermail/wikisource-l/2006-May/000029.html

Birgitte SB

--- Brad Patrick <bradp.wmf at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm not sure I follow your logic here.
> 
> I think you are suggesting mixing broad consensus
> within a language and
> consensus across languages.  But why is that
> relevant to logos per se?
> 
> Why is Com Com suddenly the arbiter of what is
> acceptable?
> 
> Who are you accusing of being a WMF insider running
> elections?  I didn't
> even know about them until it was posted to
> Foundation this week.
> 
> -Brad
> 
> On 9/12/06, Nicholas Moreau
> <nicholasmoreau at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On another bent to the topic, could I ask the
> board to pass a resolution
> > regarding replacement logos saying:
> >
> >    1. At least five of top ten contributing
> languages must agree the logo
> >    should be changed.
> >    2. If this is satisfied, the Board and/or
> Communications Committee
> >    must agree in principal that a logo change
> would be timely, acceptable
> > and
> >    warranted.
> >    3. Logo competitions must be structured from
> the beginning by
> >    independent Wikimedians, as the board elections
> are.
> >
> > While I agree that Wiktionary and Wikisource
> needed to be refreshed,
> > Wikibooks just seems to be riding the trend, and
> I'm worried that once
> > these
> > competitions are over, there'll only be more. It
> would be nice to keep the
> > project identities steady.
> >
> > Nick
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> 
> 
> 
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