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Logo discussions & votes

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• Logo (current logos, guidelines, localisation)

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The current Wikiversity logo has been set up quickly to avoid displaying the Wikipedia logo. This temporary logo (based upon this picture) needs to be changed to best match Wikiversity's goals and philosophy. Please discuss about the message the logo should carry before submitting proposals.

The current logo can not be kept because it is a derivative work from an image released under LGPL license.

Temporary Wikiversity logo

Logo requirements

Things to keep in mind :

• All logo submissions must not be licensed under GFDL but the copyright must be assigned to the Wikimedia Foundation (use {{CopyrightByWikimedia}} for uploads on Commons)
• Logos should be submitted in a vectorized version suitable for print (SVG).
• Two versions should be submitted: One with text and one without text.
• The exact fonts used should be noted in the logo description.
• The new logo should not be able to be confused with any of the existing Wikimedia projects logos. This especially includes the Foundation (Meta) logo (see Wikimedia visual identity guidelines). If a logo breaches the requirements it will not be accepted, regardless of how many users want to have it.

Discussion about what the logo should mean

This section is dedicated about the message the logo should carry. Feel free to discuss before submitting proposals.

Please see this contest for ideas from the English Wikiversity community for the English Wikiversity motto and slogan: Motto and slogan contest.

Keywords : knowledge - exploration - discovery - experimentation - play - sharing - collaboration - learning - developing - mind - questioning - thinking by oneself (add more)

My main concept for this logo would be "learning together". Cormaggio ^@ 16:24, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

Proposals

Please add your proposals in the gallery below. If you want to propose several versions of your logo, please only submit one there (with a * in caption) and put the others in the section dedicated to your logo. Don't forget to number proposals and to sign your name as caption.

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  #1 Aldenis
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  #2: Smurrayinchester
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  #3: Langnickel
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  #4: Duarte Filho
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  #5 Smurrayinchester
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  #6 guillom*
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  #7 Aldenis

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Discussions about proposals

#1 (Questioning Hive)

This is more an illustrated idea than a logo, because my skills as a graphic designer are nonexistent. I am trying to use the metaphor of a hive that is being assembled to emphasize the collaborative, dynamic, and productive nature of wikiversity. Hexagons in different colors and sizes represent the heterogeneous character of the community, while the terracotta palette indicates the aspiration of grounding the project in social reality. Darker hexagons are arranged as to suggest a question mark, to highlight the inquiring dimensions of the project.Aldenis 23:07, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

I like the new question mark design, Adrian :-). Maybe I might change the colours - even though they are more or less the colour of honey, they don't really stand out against a light background. The text is also clearer now - that's good. Cormaggio ^@ 23:12, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Not a bad idea, could use some refinement, though. —Nightstallion (?) 09:06, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

The question mark was my first idea, so I like the concept. Maybe you could try some Wikimedia colors? Some globe inside the question mark? guillom 10:06, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Eventually I've made one to explain what I was meaning. See #6. guillom 10:22, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Good Idea, i have been inspired by you, look at the 4th propos... Duarte.filho

#2 (Blackboard/Whiteboard)

A whiteboard version

How about a white board/black board? The "doodles" around it are all based on subjects (two sciences: Maths and biochemistry, two humanities: History and psychology), and all work fine in any langauge. It also has a circular form. If necessary the doodles can be removed if they look too busy. Smurrayinchester 16:37, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

It looks rather unorganized... Messedrocker 16:53, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

I like it. It is simultaneously intriguing and fair warning. 8) User:mirwin 18:20, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

I've fixed a funny glitch in the code which made it look a bit too messy. By way of explanation, the formula is an application of the Residue theorem, the pyramid is Maslow's hierarchy of needs, the hexagonal diagram is the molecular structure of W:Uracil and the heiroglyphics are simply "heiroglyphics" written in heiroglyphics. Smurrayinchester 21:19, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

It's quite original, but it's a bit too unorganised and too un-logo-like in my opinion. —Nightstallion (?) 06:59, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

#3 (simple & clear)

Simple and clear

I connect a check with an university and so I started to build the rest of the logo around this check. The waves in top of the 'ersity' should symbolise that there are many people with much energy support this project.
--Langnickel 05:09, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

It's a nice logo, but it's too bland, I think. I'd prefer something more creative. —Nightstallion (?) 06:59, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

#4 (Connected brains)

connected brains

Its 3 connected eletrical brains in a triangular way, representing all the characteristics i want from wikiversity. I did this job in about 1.5 hours i can do it very better if you liked this idea. I used fixedsys font to pass the idea of technology, and also are present the ideas of future, human-machine, connection, knwoledge, energy, cooperation (3 equal sized brains) etc. I think i need make the brains more visble, maybe changing colors... comment please.. Duarte.filho

It looks a little "nuclear" to me :) guillom 10:34, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Is it bad? i think its good, "nuclear unlimited energetic knowledge..." :p Duarte.filho

Maybe a question mark above the brains?

The connected brains are IMO the best idea for a wikiversity logo. I'd love to see more and different visualizations of this concept. --Elian 13:38, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

#5 (Inverted pyramid)

An inverse pyramid

It's an inverted pyramid, representing how education becomes more complex as you climb higher. Plus it can be (but doesn't have to be) read as a V. Smurrayinchester 07:19, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Mh, I don't know. It's neatly done, a bit original and not too strange, but it somehow just doesn't "do" it for me... —Nightstallion (?) 09:02, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

This logo makes me think of the logo of the civil defence of Belgium http://www.cb1pe.be/_borders/cb.gif --Walter 13:49, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

#6 (Child, Earth & Question mark)

Child, Earth & Question mark

I really love the question mark concept. This image is too tall and thus has to be improved to be more homogeneous / circular. Feel free to improve it or leave comments. guillom 10:30, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Maybe we could cut some continents inside the red ball to make a planet appear? It would be great. guillom 10:35, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

First draft was a simple question mark 1st version. The current proposal keeps the question mark in blue, but also shows a child willing to learn and looking at the Earth, which symbolizes Knowledge. guillom 14:59, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

#7 (Nurturing Questions)

Nurturing Questions

Sorry for the redundancy, but I decided to give it another try, using a different concept. This is my poor attempt at representing the notion of “nurturing questions”. It has a double meaning: wikiversity will nurture all questions through the development of communal resources, and questions will in turn nurture and inspire wikiversity. The project will be fueled by questions. Aldenis 10:59, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Related Wikiversity Projects

• Motto and slogan contest for English Wikiversity - Please list your suggestions and help select a motto and a slogan.
• Wikiversity mission - We can use ideas from the motto, slogan and logo contests to help refine the mission statement. Feel free to post English Wikiversity mission statement revisions.