[Foundation-l] [Wiktionary-l] Wiktionary logo

[Husky]

There is marketing material. There are lots of leaflets about the
various projects, and many of these leaflets also mention other
projects (including their logos). There are press releases about the
various projects. The websites of all WM projects contains links to
other projects, etcetera. etcetera. There are simply too many places
where the logo appears or might appear to justify having two logos, so
it's a very practical problem, not only a problem in marketing terms.

-- Hay / Husky

On Nov 14, 2007 3:53 PM, GerardM <gerard.meijssen at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hoi,
> I did not know of its existence. Apparently it needs some marketing. When
> you do not hear from committees, when you do not observe their activity they
> might as well not be there.
>
> So what marketing material exists for Wiktionary ? When there is no
> marketing material for Wiktionary ... what is the point ? Is this going to
> change? Will there be marketing material for Wikinews, Wikibooks ... Make us
> an offer we cannot refuse.
> Thanks,
>      GerardM
>
>
> On Nov 14, 2007 3:28 PM, Guillaume Paumier <guillom.pom at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Nov 14, 2007 3:16 PM, GerardM <gerard.meijssen at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Hoi,
> > > Apparantly it is an article of faith. At the same time the previous
> > > attempt
> > > to another logo was imposed by people from outside of Wiktionary. This
> > > attempt was not really appreciated by several Wiktionary projects and
> > the
> > > result is worse then what we had before.
> > >
> > > So, some believe that there should be one logo to rule them all. Now how
> > > to
> > > get to such a ruling?
> >
> >
> > One solution (I'm not saying it's the best one, I'm open to suggestions)
> > would be to have a vote where only active people of Wiktionary are allowed
> > to vote.
> >
> >
> > > By the way, with multiple logos, it can only be confusing to the people
> > > that
> > > go to multiple wiktionaries and that are not familiar with both
> > projects.
> > > In
> > > reality it is not big an issue. It may be an issue when you think in
> > > marketing terms but who is doing the marketing ??
> >
> >
> > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Marketing (it's not the first time I have
> > the
> > feeling very few people are actually aware of its existence, despite the
> > fact this group is at the service of the community :).
> >
> > And I confirm that having different logos for the same project is
> > definitely
> > a marketing nightmare. Say you're creating some promotional material about
> > Wiktionary. You live in Switzerland, where there are at least 3 languages
> > (German, French, Italian). Imagine the 3 Wiktionary projects have a
> > different logo. You're not seriously going to design and print 3 different
> > leaflets or press kits with different logos.
> >
> > And let's think about the foundation global documents. Which logo should
> > be
> > chosen in the official press kit or other official documents of the
> > foundation? The English one? Why this one and not the Dutch one? etc.
> >
> > --
> > Guillaume Paumier
> > [[m:User:guillom]]
> > "Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have
> > imagined." Henry David Thoreau
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