On Fri, 26 Sep 2003 09:06:24 -0400, Adam Bishop grenfell_@hotmail.com gave utterance to the following:
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.
Actually, I found both the winner and first runner up to be ugly, plus I had other objections to them both - technical for the jigsaw, too similar to existing logos for other organizations for the second. I made these comments on the voting page.
And as for consensus, it only just nudged into the approval zone (over 3.0) with a vote representing about 5% of the Wikipedia community.