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==Policy for new logos ==

If you propose a logo for one of a Wikimedia project it must not be licensed under GFDL. Coypright should be transfered to the [[Wikimedia foundation]] instead. It may be useful to review [http://www.mozilla.org/foundation/trademarks/ the Mozilla trademark policies] to gain an initial understanding of the problems of trademarks licensed under the GFDL. It is our intention to license the logos in a manner consistent with our values, and a free license on a logo is legally a very baffling thing.

Additionally, don't just change the logo on a project or language without a discussion with (at a minimum) the affected communities and the board. The logo identity of our websites is important for professionalism and consistency, to help end users be familiar with us, and we should be thoughtful about changes.

Finally, there have been a few instances of logos temporarily changed for holidays on some wikis. I (Jimbo) would like to generally discourage this practice, even though I personally find it to be quite fun. The problem is: it is hard to do it well, in a way that doesn't conflict with our neutrality policies. To illustrate what I mean: is a Christmas logo neutral towards religion? If the en.wikipedians voted for a US Flag logo on the 4th of July, would this be neutral? Obviously not. But this sort of consideration will come into play for almost every holiday, and for now, unless and until we find a way to come to consensus about it, this sort of temporary change should be mostly avoided.

==Current logo==

Revision as of 10:26, 22 January 2005

Policy for new logos

If you propose a logo for one of a Wikimedia project it must not be licensed under GFDL. Coypright should be transfered to the Wikimedia foundation instead. It may be useful to review the Mozilla trademark policies to gain an initial understanding of the problems of trademarks licensed under the GFDL. It is our intention to license the logos in a manner consistent with our values, and a free license on a logo is legally a very baffling thing.

Additionally, don't just change the logo on a project or language without a discussion with (at a minimum) the affected communities and the board. The logo identity of our websites is important for professionalism and consistency, to help end users be familiar with us, and we should be thoughtful about changes.

Finally, there have been a few instances of logos temporarily changed for holidays on some wikis. I (Jimbo) would like to generally discourage this practice, even though I personally find it to be quite fun. The problem is: it is hard to do it well, in a way that doesn't conflict with our neutrality policies. To illustrate what I mean: is a Christmas logo neutral towards religion? If the en.wikipedians voted for a US Flag logo on the 4th of July, would this be neutral? Obviously not. But this sort of consideration will come into play for almost every holiday, and for now, unless and until we find a way to come to consensus about it, this sort of temporary change should be mostly avoided.

Current logo

Permissions

See Talk:Logo for an old permissions statement

Large version suitable for use in printed publications

These large versions are suitable for use in printed publications. The PDF versions are preferred as the text is vectorized and will render correctly at any size and resolution. The PNG versions will work as a substitute where use of the PDF versions is not possible for technical reasons. If you need a large version in your language, contact en:User:Nohat.

PDF versions

PNG versions

Large png version of the logo (1058x1010 pixels, 376K PNG) globe without text
Large png version of the Dutch logo

These images are not in the public domain.

Other variants

Final logo variants/Nohat

Wikipedia in other languages

Localisation

How can I get a version of the Logo for my wikipedia?

First translate the text "Wikipedia / The Free Encylopedia" at the Wikipedia in other languages page
Next grab a copy of the current logo and modify the text using your favourite image-editing software OR ask en:User:Nohat to make it for you (on his talk page on en:), and if you're lucky he'll make it within a couple days using the same font as the English logo. (Hoefler Text italic 13px)
Post the resulting image on Requests for logos

History

You can read the Logo history in prose or follow the links: