[Foundation-l] Wikipedia Logo - errors

Ray Saintonge saintonge at telus.net
Mon Jun 25 22:41:43 UTC 2007


The Cunctator wrote:

>On 6/25/07, Dmcdevit <dmcdevit at cox.net> wrote:
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>>quiddity wrote:
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>>>On 6/25/07, Erik Moeller <erik at wikimedia.org> wrote:
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>>>>Not that the whole hubbub isn't a bit silly; the logo is meant to
>>>>represent multilingualism as a concept, not any particular language.
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>>>I'm conflicted. I feel guilty [always] for re-raising the issue and
>>>distracting anyone from encyclopedic endeavours. However...
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>>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.
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>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.
>
And since we have also been addressing the notability of what more 
out-of-universe evidence can there be than the inclusion of Klingon?

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