[Foundation-l] Re: Wikimedia Research Team logo [was: Getting started]

Mon Jun 20 22:14:36 UTC 2005

Erik Moeller a écrit:
> Let me get this straight.
> 
> Today, the French Wikipedia replaced its official logo with a "logo" 
> made of a bunch of flowers, which you designed, which makes no mention 
> of Wikipedia at all, bears no resemblance to the regular logo, and which 
> commemorates the significant event of "the end of spring."
> 
> Shortly after announcing this important event on IRC, you unilaterally 
> remove the logo from the research pages (including [[m:Research]], which 
> is not associated with the Network), and then complain to the mailing 
> list about a voluntary association of individuals designing their own 
> logo for internal use.
> 
> Is that about right?

No.

First, it is *I* who changed the logo. Not the french wikipedia. Nor 
notafish. Notafish was not online when it happened, nor aware this 
change was planned.

The bunch of flowers notafish designed are flowers from her and I.
The central part of it is the very flower I offered to *you* during the 
logo contest... and which is now the heart of the MediaWiki logo.

It is also the wikithanks stamp used on many projects, in some 
signatures AND is the little recognition sign for Wikimania.

It does not celebrate only the last day of spring.

It celebrates wikilove. A gesture of friendship between two friends. A 
gesture of peace between two ennemies. It comes jointly with an article 
on civility.

It also represent the diversity (diversity of flowers from several 
countries and two authors) as well as collaboration.

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Now, as for the second part of your comment, there is no relationship 
between the french logo and the research team logo. And I might dare 
remember this is not the first comment made against it. It was already 
suggested this logo was possibly inappropriate just after you crafted it.

Please, do not spoil the wikilove of the french logo today, which is 
opposed by no french whatsoever because many understand its 
significance. These two things, our logo and your logo, have nothing in 
common. And they should not be mixed.

Thanks.

Anthere