[Labs-l] Labs MediaWiki Logo mandate?

[Luis Villa]

On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 8:35 AM, Andrew Bogott <abogott at wikimedia.org> wrote:
> On 5/2/13 10:20 AM, Stephen E Slevinski Jr wrote:
>
> Hi list and Andrew Bogott,
>
> I'm administering a MediaWiki install on Labs.
> http://ase.wikipedia.wmflabs.org
>
> 2 days ago, the logo changed on the site.  A new logo is set for all
> MediaWiki installs on Labs.  Here are the details.
> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/mediawiki-cvs/354166?do=post_view_threaded
>
> The logo is set after the site specific LocalSettings.php file has been
> loaded, so it is impossible to customize.
>     require_once( 'orig/LocalSettings.php' );
>     $wgLogo = "$wgStylePath/common/images/labs_mediawiki_logo.png";
>
> Is there a new policy that all MediaWiki installs on Labs must use the
> approved logo?  The logo is important for branding, and while I appreciate
> Wikimedia Labs, the generic logo does not feel right for the the ASL
> Wikipedia Project.
>
> Steve --
>
>     Sorry for the breakage!  I added that code in a response to a request
> from Legal, in order to ensure that labs instances don't use trademarked WMF
> logos.  However, it is totally fine for your site to use a different logo,
> presuming it is not a trademarked one.

To give a few more details - we have seen situations where people are
confused about what is/isn't official, and therefore (among other
things) whether or not the privacy policy applies. So we'd prefer the
official logos not be used on Labs, just to make it more clear to
users that Labs is special and different rules may apply to any
information they give to things running on Labs. The alternative would
be to enforce the full main privacy policy on Labs, but trust me-
changing the logo is easier :)

As always with this sort of thing, please feel free to ask us if you
have questions - we're happy to help resolve any
questions/concerns/what have you.

Thanks-
Luis

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Luis Villa
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