Hi Kosta! I think Paulo was aware of this process (but not details), but maybe was not super clear in critique around aesthetics (where I agree most submissions are sub-optimal for use) and around priority with resources allocated...
>From what I see in the team listing (from N. America and UK), partnering (UK agency folx) and length of project (2 years) it was a fairly costly project with questionable results+method. If this would have been community initiated project, just planningit and fundraising with WMF would take easily 6 months, with cost bigger than any of the hub pilots so far and it would likely be a misery of work to defend it. Anyway - what (and how) is done is done. Would be nice to get non terrible first version of sound logo, as well as some report on resources used and engagement, ideally done under the similar to what community projects of this scale (if they even exist) need to do... No? Then we can maybe (costly) learn how to do (even) better for the Sound Logo v.2 ;-p Best - Z. Blace On Wed, Dec 7, 2022 at 12:32 PM Kosta Harlan <khar...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > It's nicely summarised in the Diff post ( > https://diff.wikimedia.org/2022/12/06/vote-for-the-sound-of-all-human-knowledge/ > ): > > > We’ve been talking about a sound logo for quite some time. Virtual voice > assistants are growing in use and popularity around the world. Wikimedia > content is everywhere too, but often not correctly or consistently > identified. A sound logo is a brief collection of sounds usually between 1 > and 4 seconds. Our sound logo will be a new way to identify Wikimedia > content across a range of auditory uses and devices. > > HTH, > Kosta > > On 7. Dec 2022, at 09:51, Paulo Santos Perneta <paulospern...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Look, I'm sorry, but I have to say this. > I have not the least idea why WMF is using the resources on this. Was this > a priority, or even needed? What does it serve for? > And, as someone with hypersensitivity to part of the sound spectrum, I > sincerely hope you don't use any of those cacophonic screams or whatever > they are in any noticeable place. > > I'm really puzzled why this has been done at all. > > Paulo > > Mehrdad Pourzaki <mpourz...@wikimedia.org> escreveu no dia terça, > 6/12/2022 à(s) 15:23: > >> Hi everyone, >> >> Voting <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Sound_Logo_Vote> in >> the Wikimedia sound logo contest has started [1]. Crowds, pages turning, >> drums, chimes, vocals, and the sound of keyboards typing. Wikimedia is >> alive with sound, music, and everything in between. From December 6 to 19, >> 2022, please play a part >> <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Sound_Logo_Vote> and help >> identify the Sound of All Human Knowledge. Voting is open until 19 >> December, 23:59 UTC. Learn more on Diff >> <https://diff.wikimedia.org/2022/12/06/vote-for-the-sound-of-all-human-knowledge/> >> [2]. >> >> The sound logo team is grateful to everyone who participated in this >> global contest. We received 3,235 submissions from 2,094 participants in >> 135 countries. We are incredibly grateful to the team of volunteer >> screeners >> <https://diff.wikimedia.org/2022/10/31/screening-3235-sound-submissions/> >> and the selection committee >> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/Sound_Logo/Contest_proposal#How_will_the_final_selection_happen?> >> who, among others, helped to bring us to where we are today. It is now up >> to Wikimedia to choose its sound logo. >> >> Best wishes, >> The sound logo team >> >> >> [1] Vote for the Sound of All Human Knowledge: >> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Sound_Logo_Vote >> [2] Learn more on Diff: >> https://diff.wikimedia.org/2022/12/06/vote-for-the-sound-of-all-human-knowledge/ >> [3] Screening 3235 submissions: >> https://diff.wikimedia.org/2022/10/31/screening-3235-sound-submissions/ >> [4] The Selection Committee: >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/Sound_Logo/Contest_proposal#How_will_the_final_selection_happen >> ? >> >> >> >> *Mehrdad Pourzaki* >> Lead Movement Communications Specialist >> wikimediafoundation.org >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines >> at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l >> Public archives at >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/LWW77MLYX22O3Q5MJSA5L43YZGYGBQPO/ >> To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines > at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > Public archives at > https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/7GNG44623VFG2SLKKYKYM7ANJVZGIKUG/ > To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines > at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > Public archives at > https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/PQ53DPCBZKZYMWWHFZ2CDXHY34XLMY3S/ > To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org
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