I support Lodewijk and Delphine. Wikipedia 10 logo is fine, but it's less impulsive.
2011/1/6 Delphine Ménard <notafi...@gmail.com>: > On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 1:59 AM, MZMcBride <z...@mzmcbride.com> wrote: >> Steven Walling wrote: >>> "The other Wikipedias weren't started on that date, so they have nothing to >>> celebrate or commemorate." >>> >>> The anniversary is not just about English Wikipedia. If this was just >>> English Wikipedia's celebration, there certainly wouldn't be more than 100 >>> events organized in dozens of countries and on every continent except >>> Antarctica. >> >> That's incredibly poor logic. Only the English Wikipedia is going to be ten >> years old on January 15, 2011. If people around the world want to throw >> parties for the English Wikipedia's tenth anniversary, they're of course >> free to. But that doesn't change the facts, even if people will be partying >> in six of seven continents. Don't be silly. > > If we're gonna go the silly route, I'm happy to say that as a French > living in Germany, I couldn't care less what dates the French and > German Wikipedia were actually "online". What's fun here is that there > was a time when there wasn't Wikipedia, and there was a time when > suddenly there was Wikipedia. > > So yep, I'd say go for retro and agree with Steven, should be retro > and not Wikipedia 10 mark (people will have thought we have changed > our logo). Or some kind of wikidoodle thing that someone comes up with > quick (I hope Google is making their own Doodle for us ;)), but that > should be on ALL Wikipedias, not just on the English one. It only > makes sense if it's everywhere and has wordlwide impact. > > And I go with Lodewijk. Man, if there are ways of partying twice, > let's go for it! > > Delphine > -- > @notafish > > NB. This gmail address is used for mailing lists. Personal emails will get > lost. > Intercultural musings: Ceci n'est pas une endive - http://blog.notanendive.org > Photos with simple eyes: notaphoto - http://photo.notafish.org > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > -- KIZU Naoko / 木津尚子 member of Wikimedians in Kansai / 関西ウィキメディアユーザ会 http://kansai.wikimedia.jp _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
