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Logo discussions & votes
  • Logo (current logos, guidelines, localisation)
English: Current Status: Logo submission process finished. Begin discussing reasons or arguments for or against using a specific logo for Wikibooks; include suggestions for improving each logo. Improvements to each logo may be made during this period, based on criticism and suggestions made. After a period of about a month the top 10 logos which have the most support will have a final round of discussion to pick a final logo.
Italiano: Stato corrente: Il periodo per presentare le proprie proposte è concluso. Si discute riguardo a motivazioni e argomenti a favore o contro i diversi loghi presentati; questo include suggerimenti per migliorare ciascun logo. Durante questo periodo possono essere effettuati miglioramenti ad ogni logo, in base alle critiche e ai consigli ricevuti. Dopo un periodo di circa un mese i primi 10 loghi ad aver ricevuto più riscontri favorevoli accederanno al turno finale di discussione e voto per la scelta del logo definitivo.

Logos

Discussion

Discussion pros, cons, and improvement ideas below here. Use the letter or number in bold for nomination, so everyone knows which logo is being discussed.

a (current logo)

a
For arguments leveled against keeping this logo, see here

I like the .svg format version displayed here. If the foundation whats the colors changed just change them. Zginder 13:46, 20 March 2008 (UTC) By keeping it the same we avoid re-branding ourselves. Zginder 13:46, 20 March 2008 (UTC) [reply ]

b & c (two books forming a W)

b
(c)


d (iconic book with page turning)

(d)

e, f, h, i (variations on a theme of textbooks)

(e)
(f)
(h)
(i)
  • The idea is there, but these generally look very boring, and non-logo-like. Brown is among the worse colour possibilities, so I'd be open to seeing variations with different colours, and also making these more "iconified" rather than attempting to look rather more like a diagram of a textbook. I can almost see these labeled like an anatomy diagram: "A is the spine of a book, B is the cover, here made of cardboard..." This isn't what I think of when I think of logos, but again I'd like to see different colours and whatnot. – Mike.lifeguard  | @en.wb 01:49, 19 March 2008 (UTC) [reply ]

g (stacked books)

(g)

j (calligraphy)

(j)

k (textbook in a monitor)

(k)
  • I like this concept, but the current version is not very logo-like, and isn't something I could ever see next to any of the other WMF logos. I would, however, like to see someone take the idea and redo it in a more iconic style (simple shapes, bold lines, saturated colours...) – Mike.lifeguard  | @en.wb 03:03, 19 March 2008 (UTC) [reply ]

l (iconic textbook)

(l)
  • I'm a fan of this one. I think the colours need redoing, and I'm sure there are other options kicking about from the last attempt to pick a logo. I'll see if I can find some of them later. I like the design a lot, but the colours aren't saturated enough. – Mike.lifeguard  | @en.wb 01:50, 19 March 2008 (UTC) [reply ]

m

m


n

File:WikiBooks.png
(n) favicon: File:WikiBooks.png
File:Wikibooks simple books.svg
(n2) favicon: File:Wikibooks simple books.svg
File:Wikibooks simple books 2.svg
(n3) favicon: File:Wikibooks simple books 2.svg

o

(o)


(p) favicon 1:
favicon, but could perhaps be a full logo?
  • I like the idea you're going for here, and I like the rest of the proposal you've set out. I think you've tried very hard here to make the book look at least somewhat realistic, but I think that's the wrong approach here. This is a logo, not a photo :) So instead of having the pages waving like they would in real life, simplify the design to use straight lines and very simple curves - very geometric. You want something simple enough to be drawn by hand, so aim for a design that evokes pages blowing in the wind, but which doesn't actually draw them out like this. In general, though, this is a good concept, and I look forward to seeing it further developed. – Mike.lifeguard  | @en.wb 01:56, 19 March 2008 (UTC) [reply ]
  • I don't think that the wavy pages are a problem. IMHO the logo is simple enough, and the favicon is good. It looks good! --Pietrodn · talk with me 18:20, 19 March 2008 (UTC) [reply ]

q

(q) favicon:
  • I like this one a lot too. But the proportions are impossible for a logo - they must be square, I think. Could something be added to the background to remedy this? I do like the design though - it reminds be a bit of the signs for roads from my hometown. I wonder what would be used as a favicon here though, as it clearly won't scale to 16px well. Again, I'd like to see this developed, as its a great beginning. – Mike.lifeguard  | @en.wb 02:01, 19 March 2008 (UTC) [reply ]
  • I think this would look good with the Wikimedia logo behind it, or something to that effect. Needs some sort of circle or square behind it to ground the text to an image. --99.228.161.19 18:22, 21 March 2008 (UTC) [reply ]

r

(r)
(r2)

s (A book with a world above)

(s)

t (The world within a friendly book you can edit)

(t)


u (Golden puzzle book)

(u)

v

(v)
  • This one is pretty awesome. The colours will need to be changed (there might be other versions in the archives), and I think the areas of solid colour are a tad overwhelming. I'd like to see the whitespace increased and coloured space decreased. This one scales reasonably well to favicon size. We'd want to remove the text for that though. – Mike.lifeguard  | @en.wb 02:12, 19 March 2008 (UTC) [reply ]

w, x

(w)
(x)
  • These are both pretty nice. I think w is my favourite. x is very bland - there's only one colour. I think this would fit in very well with the other WMF logos. I would like to see other colour combinations (there may be some kicking around in the archives). They do scale reasonably well to 16px, but contrast is a problem for x. – Mike.lifeguard  | @en.wb 02:15, 19 March 2008 (UTC) [reply ]
  • I like the concept. I worry that the "S" shape of the book stack is going to confuse us with Wikisource (at least for english speakers). --Whiteknight (meta) (Books) 21:50, 20 March 2008 (UTC) [reply ]
(y)
(z)
  • These are amazing! Please do look at the full proposal; a lot of effort was put into this. Contrast needs to be boosted when scaling to small sizes - probably just making things thicker will be fine. I'd like to see this with a bunch of colour variations though. I don't think we can use z, but y is perhaps not the colours I'd pick. A minor detail for an otherwise excellent proposal! – Mike.lifeguard  | @en.wb 02:17, 19 March 2008 (UTC) [reply ]
    • I tried do do something similar with one of my designs, but this succeeds in incorporating the wiki syntax into a useable logo. The middle portion bothers me because it is abstract and a little busy. Overall, I like the design and it has great potential. --Ezra Katz 02:46, 19 March 2008 (UTC) [reply ]
  • This one is amazing. Other than the colors, this one is my favorite......even more than my submission =-D --penubag (talk; w) 04:02, 19 March 2008 (UTC) [reply ]
  • I think it is too complicated and it is not easy to understand for readers who don't know that "[[]]" is used for link; moreover, wikilinks are not very used on wikibooks (see the dewikify policy). --Ramac 20:46, 19 March 2008 (UTC) [reply ]
  • @ Ezra Katz, the center piece with the arrows are just fine, leave them in. It resembles commons and has a good abstract meaning. (from what I can tell) --penubag (talk; w) 00:24, 20 March 2008 (UTC) [reply ]

1, 2, 3 (bookshelves)

(1)
(2)
(3)
(3b)
  • These are pretty cool. I'd like to see some versions using different colours. As well, these should be square; probably just stretching the background to square and scaling the text as needed would be fine. 3 is probably the best here - the grey in 2 is really boring, and having the books all line up isn't visually interesting in 1. I wonder though, if having different heights, but equal thicknesses might be better. All three of these scale nicely to small sizes, and will do so even better without the text. This is a good proposal, and I hope to explore some variations at a later date. – Mike.lifeguard  | @en.wb 02:21, 19 March 2008 (UTC) [reply ]
  • If this were to pass, I think it should be in a square-ish form rather than a rectangle, although this may not be a problem. --penubag (talk; w) 04:03, 19 March 2008 (UTC) [reply ]
  • Done what about it? --Ramac 21:20, 19 March 2008 (UTC) [reply ]
  • I like 3 (or 3B), with the different sized books it looks a little more like a natural bookshelf. Nice colours too, none too vibrant. --99.228.161.19 18:19, 21 March 2008 (UTC) [reply ]

4 (An iconic book)

(4)


5, 6 (A stylized book; full proposal)

(5)
(6)

7 (a book with pages turning)

(7)
  • The logo is nice but it seems that it has three front covers (the blue one). I think it the 2nd and the 3rd page should be white too. -- Felipe Aira

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