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The first Wikipedia logo. In January 2001, Jimmy Wales used the flag of the United States as a placeholder logo for Wikipedia's UseModWiki instance. [4] Wikipedia's first true logo was an image originally submitted by Bjørn Smestad – under the username Bjornsm – for a Nupedia logo competition which took place in 2000. [5]
The third Wikipedia logo, with a caption in Hoefler Text Small caps. There was some controversy over switching the English Wikipedia to this logo for several reasons, one of which was the fact Wikipedia's servers were flickering throughout most of the process. Before being released to all Wikipedias, the logo was lightened up slightly.
Logos should not be used in contexts which are, taken as a whole, strongly negative. It is generally acceptable to use a logo in an article about what the logo represents (such as a company or organization), or in an article discussing the logo itself, its history and evolution, or the visual style of the logo's creator.
The external face of Wikipedia, its look and feel, and the Wikipedia branding, as presented to users. On 4 April 2002, BrilliantProse, since renamed Featured Articles, [166] was moved to the Wikipedia namespace from the article namespace. Around 15 October 2003, a new Wikipedia logo was installed.
New Wikipedia’s logo. See also File:Wikipedia wordmark.svg for the wordmark, and File:Wikipedia-logo-v2-wordmark.svg for the logo+wordmark. Source File:Wikipedia-logo.svg as of 14 May 2010T23:16:42. Date 2010-05-12 Author Version 1 by Nohat (concept by Paullusmagnus); Wikimedia. Permission (Reusing this file) See below.
™ Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. This file is (or includes) one or more of the official logos or designs used by the Wikimedia Foundation or by one of its projects. Use of the Wikimedia logos and trademarks is subject to the Wikimedia trademark policy and visual identity guidelines, and may require permission.
Three logos: NASA, IBM by Paul Rand and the International Bureau of Weights and Measures. Coat of arms of the Chiswick Press. A logo (abbreviation of logotype; [1] from Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) 'word, speech' and τύπος (túpos) 'mark, imprint') is a graphic mark, emblem, or symbol used to aid and promote public identification and recognition.
Many Wikipedia articles contain PNG or JPEG logos. These could be vectorized, but it is strongly preferred to extract these from the primary source instead of making them again or downloading them from some third party website like Brands of the World.