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0 pointsmbrubeck13y ago0 comments

To be fair, Wikipedia already uses a "W" as its favicon in every locale (even for languages with non-Latin scripts, like Japanese and Arabic):

http://ja.wikipedia.org/favicon.ico

http://ar.wikipedia.org/favicon.ico

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TazeTSchnitzel13y ago

New is New's idea is just to trash the well-recognisable wikipedia W, and replace it with a new one, with no good reason.

And trash the icons for the various Wikimedia projects.

jpadkins13y ago

people who get paid for coming up with new icons and logo's are going to create new logos and icons.. it's what they do.

Is there every a "reason" to create new logo's or icons? Other than someone feels a new for a new or fresh look...

TazeTSchnitzel13y ago

Well, sometimes companies feel their current logo is too out of date and they want to change it.

Or sometimes companies rebrand completely, sometimes because of a shift of focus. (A company I know about shifted from discrete software to B2B software and changed its branding in the process)

chris_wot13y ago

A legitimate reason is when a company or organisation changes significantly. Wikipedia changes remarkably over time, but does it incrementally. Logo change is neither sensible or required.

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0 pointsmbrubeck13y ago0 comments

To be fair, Wikipedia already uses a "W" as its favicon in every locale (even for languages with non-Latin scripts, like Japanese and Arabic):

http://ja.wikipedia.org/favicon.ico

http://ar.wikipedia.org/favicon.ico

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TazeTSchnitzel13y ago

New is New's idea is just to trash the well-recognisable wikipedia W, and replace it with a new one, with no good reason.

And trash the icons for the various Wikimedia projects.

jpadkins13y ago

people who get paid for coming up with new icons and logo's are going to create new logos and icons.. it's what they do.

Is there every a "reason" to create new logo's or icons? Other than someone feels a new for a new or fresh look...

TazeTSchnitzel13y ago

Well, sometimes companies feel their current logo is too out of date and they want to change it.

Or sometimes companies rebrand completely, sometimes because of a shift of focus. (A company I know about shifted from discrete software to B2B software and changed its branding in the process)

chris_wot13y ago

A legitimate reason is when a company or organisation changes significantly. Wikipedia changes remarkably over time, but does it incrementally. Logo change is neither sensible or required.

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