[Wiktionary-l] Logo

[Tomasz Sienicki]

I can confirm that - none of the editors of the Polish Wiktionary like the new logo or the idea of changing it.

Also, who can tell, perhaps in half a year someone else will start another vote on meta and we'll have to change the logo again... and again...

--[[m:user:tsca]]

[2007-01-08 22:41] Gerard Meijssen wrote:
> Hoi,
> Another thing that was really special was that people were told that 
> during the vote people were told that the logo would be implemented 
> willy nilly. This was a real turn off for me as in someone else will do 
> this. Nobody has, apparently nobody cares. It was also my impression was 
> that it was not something that was popular among the Wiktionary communities.
> 
> I do not think the best logo won so I have yet another reason why I do 
> not bother about the implementation of this logo.
> 
> Thanks,
>     GerardM
> 
> elisabeth anderl schreef:
>> Matthieu Barba a écrit :
>>   
>>> Hello all,
>>>
>>> I already wrote something on the English Beer Parlour, but this list is probably more appropriate.
>>>
>>> A new logo of the project Wiktionary has been voted at the end of October. But the old logo has not been replaced in any project I have visited (All the 1000+).
>>>
>>> Why isn't it implemented now? Maybe because the logo is still incomplete, some issues are still discussed: which letter should be written? W (from Wiktionary) or A (from the alphabet)? Problems with the Japanese letters, etc.
>>>
>>> By the pace is is going, there will never be a final version.
>>>
>>> So, what do we do?
>>>
>>> We could speed things up by forcing the remaining issues to be discussed (in the English Beer Parlour for example).
>>> We could also "forget" about this logo and just keep the old one. Of course it has been voted, but it looks like nobody cares now. And some people complained about the vote procedure itself.
>>>
>>> I would have supported this logo even though I dislike it (for many reasons), but the way things went and are going now, I would not anymore. Do we still need this logo? It doesn't add anything compared to the old one (maybe more solid, but that's all).
>>>
>>> If I could, I would just ignore the vote and either keep the current one, or begin another procedure but this time with a proper preparation (there has been too much problems), with more time to propose versions, etc.
>>> For example, if I organize a vote on fr: (the project where I work the most) with the question: "Do you want to change the logo with the new one or keep the current one?" I think there would be more votes for keeping the old. In the end, it is still the Wiktionary communities who decide, isn't it?
>>>
>>> Here is a link to the new logo page on meta: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiktionary/logo
>>>
>>>  I would like to know your opinion about that ^^
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Darkdadaah, fr.wikt
>>>   
>>>     
>> Hello, yes, imho it is not implemented because it is incomplete.
>> Furthermore I got the impression, that the logo vote was iniciated by 
>> non wiktionary contributors and that there were much voters from 
>> outside, so that now since the voting is over they are gone and no one 
>> from wiktionary is actually interested or has got the time completing 
>> this logo.
>> It is funny that all Wiktionarians I have spoken with do not like this 
>> new logo, maybe that is also a reason why there is no progress.
>> Best regards
>> Elisabeth Anderl (aka spacebirdy)
>>