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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. It was used provisionally as Wikipedia's logo until the end of 2001.
- Goal Setting
- Goals
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- Testing Strategy
While it felt most natural to us to start by identifying specific improvements we wanted to make, we articulated some higher level goals as well. The purposes of having higher level goals were: to help connect our work with the movement’s goals, and to provide guidance to the feature work should we be faced with difficult tradeoffs. We also knew th...
Make Wikimedia projects more welcoming to new readers and editorsIncrease utility amongst readers and maintain utility for existing editorsIncrease trust and positive sentiment towards our sites (measured qualitatively)Increase utility of our sites, measured through proxy metrics by usage of common actions such as search and language switching (measured quantitatively)Additional: monitor core metrics throughout the process to identify any other significant effects of the changesWhen thinking about our testing strategy, we identified several goals: 1. Expand our testing group to a more diverse set of people, in terms of ages, locations, languages, and more, in order to represent the users we hope to reach on Wikipedia. 2. Understand the effects of the individual changes 3. Understand the effects of the combination of all t...
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.
Around 15 October 2003, a new Wikipedia logo was installed. The logo concept was selected by a voting process, [162] which was followed by a revision process to select the best variant. The final selection was created by David Friedland (who edits Wikipedia under the username "nohat" ) based on a logo design and concept created by Paul Stansifer.
Jan 18, 2023 · January 18, 2023. (Credit: Wikipedia) Wikipedia is finally giving its desktop interface an updated design—its first in over 10 years. The site is rolling out the new look now across most...
Jan 18, 2023 · Wikipedia, one of the world’s top 10 most visited websites, and a resource used by billions every month, is getting its first makeover on the desktop in over a decade. The Wikimedia Foundation ...
Jan 18, 2023 · Wikipedia Has a Fresh New Look. Wikipedia is looking fresh. Wikipedia has largely looked the same for the last decade, with no major variations to its design. Now, though, Wikipedia has rolled out what might be its largest redesign ever. Wikipedia is rolling out a new, more modernized design for the English version of the online encyclopedia.
