[Wikipedia-l] New logo and further process

[Gutza]

Ok, I promised I'd shut up, but I just thought of something: I dare 
anyone to stand by the following phrase in public and not feel like a 
retard:

"For the logo of a serious encyclopedic project contributed by thousands 
of people world-wide and trying to compete world-famous encyclopedias 
worth thousands of dollars a copy, I, {your name here}, am against the 
concept of a stylized human silhouette and I support the concept of a 
ball made of coloured puzzle pieces".

You don't have to argue with me or something, if you support it, just 
reply to this message on this mailing list copying only that phrase and 
replacing your name in the placeholder. If anyone does that, I'll be 
convinced that logo is appropriate for this project.

Gutza

Adam Bishop wrote:

> The first runner-up may be simpler, but I find it as ugly as you find 
> the winner. I assume others feel the same way, since it didn't win.
>
> Adam Bishop
>
>
>> From: tarquin <tarquin at planetunreal.com>
>> Reply-To: wikipedia-l at Wikipedia.org
>> To: wikipedia-l at Wikipedia.org
>> Subject: Re: [Wikipedia-l] New logo and further process
>> Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2003 10:02:46 +0100
>>
>>
>>
>> Gutza wrote:
>>
>>> Richard Grevers wrote:
>>>
>>>> Yay - months of process and what do we get? The worst result - the 
>>>> logo that has the biggest technical problems in terms of 
>>>> reproduction in other media. Its greyscale version is incredibly 
>>>> unclear because it is far too busy.
>>>> You just doubled or tripled the cost of Wikimedia letterhead, 
>>>> folks, so everyone who voted for it had better donate extra.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Plus it's horrible. No offence to anyone, the thing already won, so 
>>> it's not a matter of offending the author anymore, but that logo 
>>> stinks big time. If this is democracy in action, imagine running a 
>>> country this way.
>>>
>>> Gutza
>>>
>>> (Before y'all start with me, yes, I had a few logos in the 
>>> competition myself, and mine was obviously not chosen, but I 
>>> would've been happy if we chose the first runner-up, which is not 
>>> mine either. That would've been a logo, and a good one at that 
>>> IMNSHO. The one we chose is neither good, and not even a real logo. 
>>> It's a coloured puzzle ball for Chrissake!)
>>
>>
>> I am in complete agreement with you!
>> It's horrible, it's too complex, and the first runner-up would be 
>> much better,
>>
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