[Wikipedia-l] Re: Press release : Logo putsch on the FrenchWi kipedia !

Fri Dec 12 02:29:57 UTC 2003

Constans, Camille (C.C.) wrote:

>>-----Message d'origine-----
>>De : tarquin [mailto:tarquin at planetunreal.com]
>>Envoyé : jeudi 11 décembre 2003 10:38
>>À : wikipedia-l at Wikimedia.org
>>Objet : Re: [Wikipedia-l] Re: Press release : Logo putsch on the
>>FrenchWikipedia !
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>>Guillaume Blanchard wrote:
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>>>>>I like the logo too.  I saw it on FR and thought, "wow, too 
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>>bad en isn't
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>>>>>this liberal."
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>>>>We're liberal. We just don't like kitsch.
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>>>>Regards,
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>>>We? I'm sure many English-speaker like kitsch ;o)
>>>Put colors on the main page was also consider as kitsch in the past,
>>>now it is a standard for almost all Wikipedias.
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>>Yes, and it's a great pity.
>>The colours on the main page are more than kitsch, they are revolting.
>>The community on fr: seem far more concerned with style over 
>>content. I 
>>understand that there is a natural desire to make our environment 
>>"pretty", but this xmas logo is a step too far.
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>What is revolting with having some fun ? Why do you say we prefer work on
>style intead of working on content ? And as I remember I dont see you often
>on fr:. Google has logo for xmas, do you think they working only on style ?
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>>I will no longer be working on fr: until this situation is resolved.
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>Good bye then. I didn't see you talk about this on fr.... 
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>When you say that fr prefer work on style, you say that all our work is
>crap. I cant agree with you, maybe some pages are stubs, but some are very
>nice articles.
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I  think that the French wikipedia's color style looks beautiful, but  I 
agree that English wikipedia's colors do look sort of hideous.