Wikipedia talk:Wikipedia Signpost/Images and logos

message: This is my modification of http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Drachenweisheit.png by Meta user Susan.r which I assume is GFDLed; my version is at http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Signpost_with_text.png and has the "Wikipedia Signpost" text added.
Would this be a better logo than our current one? --unforgettableid | talk to me 02:59, 5 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Two questions from me, Harro5:
# What is that thing?
# What's wrong with the current logo? I love it! It looks a bit like the mastheads for the New York Times, The Times, the Washington Times (sensing a theme amongst the world's best papers...), The Age. The current logo brings class and a bit of parody (the whole Signpost has that feel) of a big-time broadsheet. Harro5 03:06, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

text: FWIW I quite like it, the current logo reminds me too much of 1940s newspapers! (Tho perhaps the text could be changed a bit; different font?) Mikkerpikker ... 03:08, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

text: I like the new one. nice job!  But what about combining the image from the new one with the font from the old one?  -Bindingtheory 03:29, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

text: The image is striking, yes.  I would favor replacement of the snake-griffin-transformer-beast with the Wikipedia puzzle-ball, leading to a logo of the puzzle ball on the blue navigational backdrop. User:Ceyockey (talk to me) 03:54, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

text: I might be old-fashioned, but I think I prefer the current logo. The proposed one is very good, and the creator quite talented, but I prefer the simple, elegant, newspaperish one we have now. — Knowledge Seeker দ 08:46, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

text: I too prefer the current logo, for the same reasons as Knowledge Seeker. Thryduulf 10:00, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

text: So do I. Less is more; my kudos to the creator, but I like the "traditional" logo. Thanks! Flcelloguy (A note?) 16:05, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

text: I really like the icon, and believe the current logo should stay; but that the Signpost does need an icon which should be more modern. So I propose focusing on creating an icon; not a new logo per say. And even though I like the icon above; it needs tweaking... I'm just not sure what needs to be tweaked. - RoyBoy 800 00:25, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposed logo A 

message: I don't want to use the puzzle ball because it shows up on every Wikipedia page already. Two puzzle balls on one screen would look weird.
Also, a mixing a modern logo with an Old English font would look weird. I do not think it's worth trying, though any of you with a copy of MS Paint or The GIMP (free and open source) or IrfanView (freeware) are welcome to try. 
Below, I have mixed the current logo with http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Dixie_Highway_across_RR_in_Dania.jpg to create a new logo, called WikipediaSignpostHead2.png.
Is it yet time for us to vote on a logo: old, new A, or new B? --unforgettableid | talk to me 07:21, 5 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't like the addition of the picture; as I stated above, less is more. I prefer the simple, "traditional" logo. Thanks! Flcelloguy (A note?) 16:07, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

text: I feel the same as Flcelloguy.  As far as I am aware, there has not been any discontent with it. - BanyanTree 16:50, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

text: If a picture is needed (and imho it isn't), then it needs to be one that is carefully thought out - most road signs are specific to a geographic area, potentailly appearing to be biased. The one used here doesn't look anything like any I've seen in the UK/Europe - the writing on it is also very distracting as you only just can't read it. Thryduulf 17:12, 5 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I am not a professional logo designer in my day job, as you can see from the two logos I designed. :) I think a more colorful logo would be better, but if everyone else is happy with the current logo, I am not offended. --unforgettableid | talk to me 21:41, 5 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, I'll definitely keep you in mind if we ever need a new logo to be designed. It's a great logo for a web site; it's just that I like the Signpost to pretend it's a print newspaper. — Knowledge Seeker দ 04:44, 6 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposed logo B 

message: # WP:SIGN/N and Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Newsroom/Coordination were in an odd state (technically), I tried to fix it, and while I was at it I've added WT:SIGN to this page.
# See  for a proposed smaller image with better backwards cmpatibility, I can't judge if the output is really 100% identical:
#: 
# :Image:Signpost vertical.png is a bit annoing from my POV, because my browser doesn't support inline PNG, what I get is a "broken image" icon. It also doesn't support CSS for floating, what I get is the "broken image" icon in an empty lead section with enough room to display an image of its (considerable) height. Fixing the latter might be as simple as



: The inline PNG would still not work, but in that case it's okay, align="right" is (unlike "left") fragile wrt to wide tables and other elements not designed to float with something pinned at the right edge. Just using "left" is probably no option (?), no vertical image at all would be ideal as far as I'm concerned. If desired I could also create a GIF. -- Omniplex 21:24, 28 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Minor issues 

message: I don't really like the image saying "The Wikipedia Signpost" because of the pointer cursor; the equivalent appearance can be received with  
The Wikipedia Signpost
which causes "|" to appear instead. ~ Magnus animum ∵ ∫ φ γ 01:08, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Because of lack of fonts, etc., I prefer the image.  Ral315 » 03:27, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

text: There the hover is gone, at least to me (on Firefox 2). Can't see any problems…  Jon Harald Søby 08:49, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  The hover's there so that if the image doesn't load, it still says "The Wikipedia Signpost"; it seems like that should remain.  Ral315 » 19:51, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Image vs. Text