Logo: Difference between revisions
→Current logos: Shown to the RIGHT I believe you mean... |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 9: | Line 9: | ||
*Project: [[Wikimedia Foundation]] / [[Meta:About|Meta-Wiki]] |
*Project: [[Wikimedia Foundation]] / [[Meta:About|Meta-Wiki]] |
||
*Author: [[User:Neolux]] |
*Author: [[User:Neolux]] |
||
*Legal status: |
*Legal status: Pending Transfer of Copyright to WMF |
||
*see also: |
*see also: |
||
|[[Image:Wikimedia-logo.svg|100px]] |
|[[Image:Wikimedia-logo.svg|100px]] |
||
| Line 39: | Line 39: | ||
*Project: [[Wikiquote]] |
*Project: [[Wikiquote]] |
||
*Author: [[User:Neolux]] |
*Author: [[User:Neolux]] |
||
*Legal status: |
*Legal status: Pending Transfer of Copyright to WMF |
||
*see also: |
*see also: |
||
*Remarks: <small>variant A is on the English Wikipedia, Variant B is used on Wikiquote itself. Which is now the official logo? (The logo shown to the right is intended to be the official logo, A was just a quick draft - [[User:Neolux|Neolux]])</small> |
*Remarks: <small>variant A is on the English Wikipedia, Variant B is used on Wikiquote itself. Which is now the official logo? (The logo shown to the right is intended to be the official logo, A was just a quick draft - [[User:Neolux|Neolux]])</small> |
||
Revision as of 04:16, 24 November 2006
- Wikibooks
- Wikijunior
- Wikipedia
- Wikiversity
- Wiktionary
- Wikivoyage
- Wikidata
- MediaWiki
- 2020 change: process
- Wikifunctions
- Logo (current logos, guidelines, localisation)
Current logos
|
|
|
|
|
File:Wiktionary-en.png |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
If you propose a new logo for a project please add the copyright tag {{CopyrightByWikimedia}} to the image description page. If you are the creator of one of the logos below, please change the copyright on the image description page accordingly..
See also: Wikimedia trademarks, Wikimedia visual identity guidelines, Logo and trademark policy (inofficial)
Logo guidelines
Proposing new logos
Don't change the logo on a project without a discussion with (at a minimum) the affected communities and the board. The logo identity of our websites is important for professionalism and consistency, to help end users be familiar with us, and we should be thoughtful about changes. Logos are global: All languages have to use the same logo, logo changes are possible on a project level only, but not for one language.
Since the Wikimedia logos are used in many different circumstances, a logo must scale well from large versions on flags till small favicons on the website. It must be substantially different from the other project logos but still harmonize with the others.
If you propose a new logo for one of a Wikimedia project it must not be licensed under GFDL. Copyright should be transfered to the Wikimedia foundation instead. It may be useful to review the Mozilla trademark policies to gain an initial understanding of the problems of trademarks licensed under the GFDL. It is our intention to license the logos in a manner consistent with our values, and a free license on a logo is legally a very baffling thing.
Logo checklist
- Assign the copyright to the Wikimedia Foundation (Contact Brad Patrick)
- Submit all necessary formats
- Wiki.png for the website
- Vectorized version with text (SVG and EPS if possible, text should be embedded as graphic)
- Vectorized version without text
- Favicon
- Submit a specification
- Color specification in CMYK and RGB
- Used fonts
Temporary logo variants
There have been a few instances of logos temporarily changed for holidays on some wikis. This practice is discouraged. The problem is: it is hard to do it well, in a way that doesn't conflict with our neutrality policies. To illustrate what this means: is a Christmas logo neutral towards religion? If the en.wikipedians voted for a US Flag logo on the 4th of July, would this be neutral? Obviously not. But this sort of consideration will come into play for almost every holiday, and for now, unless and until we find a way to come to consensus about it, this sort of temporary change should be avoided.
Large version suitable for use in printed publications
These large versions are suitable for use in printed publications. The PDF versions are preferred as the text is vectorized and will render correctly at any size and resolution. The PNG versions will work as a substitute where use of the PDF versions is not possible for technical reasons. If you need a large version in your language, contact en:User:Nohat.
The image is bitmapped 3-D rendering, so there is no vector format version of the image available. That means that the logo is not available in SVG, EPS, Illustrator, or any other vector formats.
Text font
- Hoefler Text Roman Small Caps
PDF versions
- Large pdf version of the English logo
- Large pdf version of the French logo Image:Wikipedia-logo-big-fr.pdf
- Large pdf version of the German logo
- Large pdf version of the Dutch logo
- Large pdf version of the Romaian logo
PNG versions
- Large png version of the logo (1058x1010 pixels, 376K PNG) globe without text
- Large png version of the Dutch logo
- Large png version of the Spanish logo
- Large png version of the Romanian logo
These images are not in the public domain.
Localisation
How can I get a version of the Logo for my wikipedia?
- First translate the text "Wikipedia / The Free Encylopedia" at the Wikipedia in other languages page
- Next grab a copy of the current logo and modify the text using your favourite image-editing software OR ask en:User:Nohat to make it for you (on his talk page on en:), and if you're lucky he'll make it within a couple days using the same font as the English logo. (Hoefler Text italic 13px)
- Post the resulting image on Requests for logos
See also Wikipedia in other languages
See also
You can read the Logo history in prose or follow the links:
- The OldWikiPediaLogo
- The International logo contest
- The Final logo variants
- Final logo variants/Nohat
See also Wikimedia trademarks