Here is my simple logo proposal for wikidata. I dont know how to create
logos. its just my first creation for wikipedia.
Sridhar
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On 12 April 2012 10:34, Nicolas Torzec <nicolas.torzec(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hi,
Indeed, nice set of logos!
I agree with Markus with the fact that the final logo (what ever it
is) should be prominent/recognizable at smaller scales.
I wonder how important it is that the logo shares similarities with
other Wikimedia logos (similar colors/fonts/shapes), so the project
can be easily recognized as a Wikimedia project?
Personally, I am in favor of a simple abstract logo. They usually
stands better the test of time.
-Nicolas
On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 3:40 AM, Markus Krötzsch
<markus(a)semantic-mediawiki.org> wrote:
On 08/04/12 21:04, Benjamin Bois wrote:
Hi all,
I've just finished the new logo from the Markus idea:
-
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/177440/wikidata/20120407_wikidata10.png
Now, I stop and wait for comments and others critics.
This is very nice. I do like the overall appearance of this assembled
logo.
Also, the whole work clearly says "I am a
logo".
This is a type of logo where one can spend arbitrary amounts of time to
optimize the appearance (e.g., some icons could be more abstract). But we
should view this as a draft for now and not discuss every detail yet. The
icons have a slight cultural bias (with the wine being the most
controversial), but again this could be refined.
In my view, it would be worth elaborating this further. I hope more
people
agree. The main issue is to make the logo more
prominent/recognizable on
smaller scales (compared to the other logos at [1]), which could require
some abstraction/coarsening of the icons.
Markus
[1]
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikidata_logo_proposals
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 1:56 PM, Markus Krötzsch
> <markus(a)semantic-mediawiki.org <mailto:markus@semantic-mediawiki.org>>
> wrote:
>
> On 06/04/12 12:35, Benjamin Bois wrote:
>
> Hi Markus,
> thank you for helping us (designers) to find the way :)
> To help us a bit more, can you (and the other members) give us
> elements
> to be integrated to the logo in reference to the WikiData
> philosophy?
>
>
> Well, just making suggestions ... in the end (like with all
> Wikimedia projects), the community will decide about the logo. The
> Wikidata developer team might only decide about the logo for the
> software (just like MediaWiki has an own logo that is different from
> Wikipedia's logo). So in fact we will need two logos :-)
>
> So what should go into a Wikidata logo? I think: everything that
> people collect data about: people, animals, cars, chemistry, music,
> math, flowers, computers, ... Like the puzzle globe emphasizes the
> textual nature of Wikipedia (in many languages), a Wikidata logo
> should emphasize that the project is about the "things" themselves.
> I don't know how to make this visually appealing and clearly
> recognizable at the scale of a normal wiki logo, but I think it
> could be done.
>
> Good luck :-)
>
> Markus
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 1:21 PM, Markus Krötzsch
> <markus(a)semantic-mediawiki.org
> <mailto:markus@semantic-mediawiki.org> <mailto:markus@semantic-
>
mediawiki.org <mailto:markus@semantic-mediawiki.org>>>
>
> wrote:
>
> Thanks for all the input!
>
> One thing I would like to keep in mind is that Wikidata is
> meant to
> be easy and welcoming for a wide audience. As a computer
> scientist,
> I understand and appreciate imagery like a steel database
> cylinder,
> but I think it could look a bit technocratic to "normal"
> people. I
> don't have concrete proposals, but I would find it amazing
> if the
> logo could have a human touch to it.
>
> One idea maybe: many people will know the Unilever logo [1]
(a
> U
> made of a variety of objects). There are various logos in
> similar
> style (see also the "earth" category at logotrends 2011
> [2]). Maybe
> something like this would be suitable for us, to show that
> Wikidata
> is about a wide range of topics and people. But making such
> a logo
> is a bit of work.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Markus
>
> [1]
https://www.google.com/search?
> q=unilever+logo&um=1&tbm=isch
> <https://www.google.com/ search?q=unilever+logo&um=1& tbm=isch
>
<https://www.google.com/search?q=unilever+logo&um=1&tbm=isch>>
> [2]
http://www.logolounge.com/ article.asp
> <http://www.logolounge.com/ article.asp
> <http://www.logolounge.com/article.asp>>?
>
>
>
>
> On 05/04/12 08:39, Lydia Pintscher wrote:
>
> Hey folks :)
>
> You're all awesome for creating pretty logos! Love them.
> Can you all add them to
>
http://meta.wikimedia.org/ wiki/Talk:Wikidata#WikiData_
> logo_candidate
> <http://meta.wikimedia.org/ wiki/Talk:Wikidata#WikiData_
> logo_candidate
>
> <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikidata#WikiData_logo_candidate
>
> please so we don't lose any of them?
>
>
> Cheers
> Lydia
>
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