Guillaume-
Sorry, according to the discussion I read, I thought alternative logo was not welcome. I effectively saw many intresting variant of Paullus logo (as an example) on his own page, but they are not on the vote page. Do you planed to allow to vote on all those variant ?
This is not my decision, it is the artist's decision. He/she can choose up to 5 versions of each logo. But it would be unfair if anyone could simply bypass the first voting round and put anything they want on the final, limited ballot. Miwiki is among the finalists anyway -- if Olie wants Miwiki to be part of *other* logos than his own, he needs to convince the artists. Olie has made clear that this is OK with him, so I don't see a problem.
I just regret that the rules was not cleary defined before vote start
That's simply not true. The voting rules have all been on [[International logo vote]] before the vote started. I have been careful not to change any rules during voting.
and deadlines are so short.
Honestly, I don't think they are short. Just think about all the complaining you could do before the deadline even has elapsed! That alone shows it's long enough ;). As I said earlier: We can always work on optimizing the final logo.
I don't undertand why the fact Olie tryed to make variant of all logo with his ant is a problem.
Some people perceive it as such. This has more to do with the logo/mascot distinction than with the contest as such. But if the artists accept the Miwiki variants, then they will be voted on like all other logos. For example, Paullusmagnus has accepted one Miwiki variant.
Regards,
Erik