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The first Wikipedia logo. In January 2001, Jimmy Wales used the flag of the United States as a placeholder logo for Wikipedia's UseModWiki instance. Wikipedia's first true logo was an image originally submitted by Bjørn Smestad – under the username Bjornsm – for a Nupedia logo competition which took place in 2000.
- International Adaptations
- The International Contest
- The Finalized Logo
- The May 2010 Redesign
- 10th Anniversary Logo
- 20th Anniversary Logo
- 20th Anniversary Second Logo
Because of its English text, this logo was not ideal for the Wikipedias in other languages. Some wikis chose a similar design with text in their own languages (e.g. the Dutch Wikipedia that used a text from the classic book Max Havelaar). Others used the English logo but added the color of a national flag (most of the Nordic language projects, Dani...
Following a suggestion by Erik Möller, an International logo contest was conducted to find a new logo that was suitable for all languages. After a two-stage vote, a design by Paul Stansifer (at the time known as Paullusmagnus) won with considerable support. The English Wikipedia switched to it on September 26, 2003. Stansifer's logo depicted a glob...
There was some controversy over switching the English Wikipedia to this logo for several reasons, one of which was the fact Wikipedia's servers were flickering throughout most of the process. Before being released to all Wikipedias, the logo was lightened up slightly. After the John Seigenthaler, Sr. Wikipedia biography controversy, a column in The...
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.For the new logo, the Wikimedia Foundation defined which characters appear on the "hidden" puzzle pieces, and had a three-dimensional computer model of th...
On January 15, 2011, a special logo replaced the standard globe in order to mark the tenth anniversary of Wikipedia's founding. The logo depicts a single jigsaw piece, representing the addition of another piece to the puzzle.
On January 14, 2021, a 4-sectioned logo was used instead of the puzzle globe, in order to mark the 20th anniversary of Wikipedia. The 4 sections depict, from top-to-bottom, left-to-right: Yellow background, a woman reading a book with the "W" on it, signifying Wikipedia.Blue background, a computer showing a blue screen with a "W" on it, signifying ...
On January 22, 2021, the previous 20th anniversary logo was replaced with a less striking version, consisting of the normative Wikipedia globe above the text "20 years of Wikipedia - Over One Billion Edits". The first two versions of the logo were made to resemble a globe by the use of the fish-eye effect. The third version (puzzle ball logo) was m...
Aug 17, 2014 · File:Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg is a vector version of this file. It should be used in place of this PNG file when not inferior. File:Wikipedia-logo.png → File: ...
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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 9, 2024 · draft v.2 logo. The Wikipedia logo was revised in 2010, with a new 3D model correcting many of the errors below and a free font. This page was used for discussions about the current Wikipedia logo, as well as fixing the errors on the logo and the characters which go on the hidden portions of the logo as well as the two puzzle pieces on bottom.
Aug 5, 2023 · Wikipedia logo new years.png 1,132 × 1,438; 1.03 MB Wikipedia logo spins continuously horizontally (3D red cyan).webp 2,160 × 2,160; 30.02 MB Wikipedia pixelated logo.png 744 × 536; 22 KB
Feb 8, 2024 · Meta-Wiki / Wikimedia community[edit] Image. Years in use. Description. 2006-Present. The Wikimedia Community Logo was created in 2006 by user:WarX as a public-domain logo intended to be free of trademark and visual identity guidelines, that community members and groups could use and remix as they wished.
