[WikiEN-l] "New" logo JIMBO, PLEASE INTERVENE

Wed Oct 15 17:28:39 UTC 2003

At 08:10 AM 10/15/2003, Erik wrote:

>At the point the logo was updated, there was virtually unanimous consensus
>that the Nohat variant was an improvement (20 in favor, 2 against). This
>satisfied the condition of the last stage of our contest, namely,
>optimization by consensus. As in all such consensus discussions, only
>interested parties participate. If you had looked around on Meta, you
>would have noticed that these discussions have been going on since Oct 1.
>What do you think where the variant submissions came from? The variant
>process was broadly advertised at least on the English Wikipedia.

That's all well and good. There's just one problem. The submission of logos 
was announced on the main page of the Wikipedia. The voting for logos was 
announced on the main page of the W. The second round of voting was 
announced on the main page of the W. The final selection was announced on 
the main page of the W.

Where was the revision process announced?

I'm sorry if I don't spend as much time on the meta as on the Wikipedia 
proper, but there wasn't even (as far as I can tell) a single mention on 
the Wikipedia proper that the logo was actually being CHANGED from the 
initial winner to the nohat version. I was aware that there was 
conversation taking place about potential revisions, but frankly, I assumed 
that we would all be notified when someone was considering taking the 
drastic step of actually changing the logo live. Working on something is 
all well and good, but when you post it live to the 'pedia, I think you 
need something a little more than a consensus of 20 behind it.

I would expect that a simple message to at LEAST the list ( "Hey, we're 
trying to get consensus on a logo, please come weigh in") or on the VP or 
on the Main Page. Frankly, I'm a little disappointed.

I'm also a bit offended at the implications that I'm hearing that I must 
not have really been interested, because I wasn't able to find the 
discussion. Frankly, I don't spend my entire life on the Wikipedia, and if 
something is happening in a back corner with no advertisement, I may not 
find it, even if I care about it.

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