[Foundation-l] Wikipedia Logo - errors

The Cunctator cunctator at gmail.com
Mon Jun 25 21:41:02 UTC 2007


On 6/25/07, Dmcdevit <dmcdevit at cox.net> wrote:
>
> quiddity wrote:
> > On 6/25/07, Erik Moeller <erik at wikimedia.org> wrote:
> > ....
> >
> >> Not that the whole hubbub isn't a bit silly; the logo is meant to
> >> represent multilingualism as a concept, not any particular language.
> >>
> >>
> >
> > I'm conflicted. I feel guilty [always] for re-raising the issue and
> > distracting anyone from encyclopedic endeavours. However...
> Well, is *anyone* happy about the Klingon letter at the top of the
> Wikipedia logo? We don't (thankfully) even have a project in that
> language anymore, and I think it falls short of the mark of
> multilingualism.


I am. I think it's entertaining. I'm glad Wikipedia has a sense of humor
about its imperfection. I think institutions of our civilization would
benefit from more self-deprecation.


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