[Foundation-l] Think different

[David Gerard]

On 10/05/07, Florence Devouard <Anthere9 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Actually, if we do not go for a common tag line, I think we should find
> a meme. If not a tagline, it might be a mascot (something mentionned in
> the history, look at logo discussion back in 2002).


http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipe-tan
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipe-tan

(I hope you're not thinking of that ant or centipede thing.)


>Of a buzz word. Or a
> tune. Or an icon. Something simple... which will make everyone think of
> the wikimedia projects.


The puzzle globe! As parodied very effectively on Uncyclopedia:

http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Image:Bouncywikilogo3d.gif
http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Image:ThatsNoMoonThatsWikipedia.jpg
http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Image:Porchesia-deleted.jpg

(Used by Uncyclopedia as fair use under the "so stop being famous
then" clause. Being susceptible to parody is a mark of success.)

No-one actually cares about the Wikimedia logo, with the ridiculously
detailed logo usage guidelines. The world cares about the puzzle
globe.


- d.