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The "W" character, which was used in various other places in Wikipedia, such as the favicon, and was seen as an distinctive part of the Wikipedia brand, was stylized as crossed V's in the original logo, while the W in Linux Libertine was rendered with a single line.
- 2001 Logo Contest
- 2002-2003 Occurrences
- 2003 International Logo Contest
- 2010 Revamp
- Variations Marking Special Occasions
This logo was created by Paullusmagnus during the International logo contest. After the two-stage International logo contest/Vote instructions, this logo won with considerable support– see International logo contest/Results. The English Wikipediaswitched to it on Sept 26, 2003. Due to strong feelings by some Wikipedians who considered this logo inf...
French localised logo implemented on June 2002 under French community fork threats, with some controversy. (The moment when some French community memberstook interest in international matters.) The...Logo putsch on French Wikipedia(Christmas 2003).The "silver ball" was created after the International logo contest/Ratification as an improvement of the Paullusmangus logo. The English Wikipedia switched to this on Oct 12, 2003 after it achieved a general consensus of 21 preferring it, with only 3 preferring the previous logo (vote page on Oct 12). By Oct 17, after it was implemented, the vote h...
On May 2010 the revamp of Wikipedia puzzle globe started in 2008 was completed, and new logo has been implemented along with the new Vector interface. See wmf:Wikimedia official marks/About the official Marks.
2010 french Christmas logo
1. Logo putsch 2. https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikipedia-l/2003-December/013343.html 3. en:Wikipedia:Milestones/French Christmas logo See Wiktionary/logo. 1. Logotipos de Wikipedia/historia en Español-- history in Spanish with explanation of the current Wikipedia logo symbols
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The current logo with the new typeface, Linux Libertine. In late 2009, the Wikimedia Foundation undertook to fix some errors that had been noted in the design of the puzzle globe. In particular, it did not scale well and some letters appeared distorted.
Jan 15, 2001 · The logo used to include the Hoefler Text typeface, but in 2010 it was replaced by Linux Libertine. The corporate palette is white, black, and shades of gray. There is also a 2003 color logo with blue, red, yellow, and green puzzles.
- 15 January 2001
- California, U.S.
- Wikimedia Foundation
- en.wikipedia.org
Note that only the version 4.7.3 (now outdated for general use) of the "Linux Libertine O" font contains the special form of the capital Latin letter W used in the Wikimedia official marks.
Many images of logos are used on Wikipedia and long standing consensus is that it is acceptable for Wikipedia to use logos belonging to others for encyclopedic purposes. There are three main concerns with logo use. First, they are usually non-free images, and so their use must conform to the guidelines for non-free content and, specifically ...
Jan 18, 2023 · The interface update, built in collaboration with Wikipedia volunteers worldwide, will make the site more welcoming, easier to use for everyone Update: On 4 May 2023, the desktop update was deployed to Spanish Wikipedia. The updated interface is now live on 95% of the 318 active language versions of Wikipedia for all desktop users. The….
