[Wikipedia-l] Do we need a new logo contest?

[Erik Moeller]

Cunc-
> I had written a more useful response which I accidentally deleted, about how
> a more useful discussion of the logo question would not center on
> aesthetics, but on what message we want the logo to portray--e.g., the
> current one says "Wikipedia is serious, dense, textual, highminded,
> comprehensive, global, and perhaps arrogant, dull, confusing, and
> Anglocentric."

That's a lot. A lot to disagree with and argue about. And you don't even  
talk about Hobbes' message, which, as I said, is certain to be  
controversial.

> The flower one says "Wikipedia is fun and involves life/growth/the sun". So
> it's unsurprising it looks like a logo for a biotech/agritech corporation or
> organization, like Monsanto or the EU Eco-label.

Monsanto? These folks would disagree:
http://www.gp.org/
http://www.gruene.de/
http://www.greenparty.bc.ca/
http://www.nhgreens.org/

The Greens have pretty much monopolized the sunflower, that's why I  
wouldn't really want to use it, it was just a quick hack.

Regards,

Erik