International logo contest/Invalid ballots

historical pages 2003 Wikipedia international logo contest (invalid ballots)
This was an international contest held from July 20 to August 27 2003, gathering 150 proposals. After the early proposal by Chuck Smith on October 12, 2002, the contest was first proposed on June 14, 2003 by Erik Moeller, who argued that the logo (adopted in January 2002 from the Logo suggestions) was unaesthetic, not international, and portrayed a text-only Wikipedia.


Kpjas 22:02, 15 Sep 2003 (UTC) edit

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  • 1a: 4
  • 1b: 2
  • 2a: 2
  • 2b: 5
  • 2c: 2
  • 2d: 3
  • 2e: 5
  • 3a: 2
  • 3b: 3
  • 4a: 1
  • 4b: 2
  • 4c: 2
  • 4d: 2
  • 5a: 3
  • 5b: 2
  • 5c: 3
  • 5d: 2
  • 5e: 1
  • 6a: 5
  • 6b: 3
  • 6c: 2
  • 7a: 1
  • 7b: 1
  • 7c: 1
  • 7d: 1
  • 7e: 1
  • 8:  1
  • 9a: 2
  • 9b: 1
  • 9c: 1
  • 9d: 1
  • 9e: 1
  • 10: 2
  • 11: 5
  • 0:  1

MJanich Sep 16 2003 edit

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  • 5c: 4
  • 11: 4
  • 0: 5

bluenote 05:06, 16 Sep 2003 (GMT) edit

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  • 1a: 5 (My favorite)
  • 1b: 4
  • 2a: 2
  • 2b: 2
  • 2c: 1
  • 2d: 1
  • 2e: 1
  • 3a: 3
  • 3b: 3
  • 4a: 4
  • 4b: 4
  • 4c: 3
  • 4d: 3
  • 5a: 4
  • 5b: 4
  • 5c: 4
  • 5d: 4
  • 5e: 4
  • 6a: 4
  • 6b: 3
  • 6c: 3
  • 7a: 2
  • 7b: 3
  • 7c: 2
  • 7d: 2
  • 7e: 2
  • 8: 4
  • 9a: 3
  • 9b: 3
  • 9c: 3
  • 9d: 3
  • 9e: 3
  • 10: 5 (My second favorite)
  • 11: 3
  • 0: 4 (So familiar... bye!)

User:Pacific1982 05:18, 16 Sep 2003 (GMT) edit

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  • 1a: 4
  • 1b: 3
  • 2a: 2
  • 2b: 2
  • 2c: 2
  • 2d: 2
  • 2e: 2
  • 3a: 3
  • 3b: 3
  • 4a: 3
  • 4b: 3
  • 4c: 3
  • 4d: 3
  • 5a: 4
  • 5b: 4 (can't decide between 5a and 5 b!)
  • 5c: 5
  • 5d: 5
  • 5e: 5
  • 6a: 4
  • 6b: 4
  • 6c: 4
  • 7a: 3
  • 7b: 3
  • 7c: 3
  • 7d: 3
  • 7e: 3
  • 8: 1
  • 9a: 2
  • 9b: 2
  • 9c: 2
  • 9d: 2
  • 9e: 2
  • 10: 2
  • 11: 1
  • 0: 1

Juky edit

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  • 1a: 5
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  • 1a:1
  • 1b:1
  • 2a:2
  • 2b:1
  • 2c:1
  • 2d:1
  • 2e:1
  • 3a:1
  • 3b:1
  • 4a:3
  • 4b:1
  • 4c:1
  • 4d:1
  • 5a:2
  • 5b:1
  • 5c:4
  • 5d:1
  • 5e:3
  • 6a:2
  • 6b:2
  • 6c:3
  • 7a:1
  • 7b:1
  • 7c:1
  • 7d:1
  • 7e:1
  • 8:5
  • 9a:1
  • 9b:1
  • 9c:1
  • 9d:1
  • 9e:1
  • 10:1
  • 11:1
  • 0:2

F. P. Laussy Wed Sep 17 11:44:16 CEST 2003 edit

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  • 1a: 5 (the best)
  • 1b: 4 (ant not really needed)
  • 2a: 1
  • 2b: 1
  • 2c: 1
  • 2d: 1
  • 2e: 1
  • 3a: 1
  • 3b: 1
  • 4a: 2
  • 4b: 1
  • 4c: 1
  • 4d: 3
  • 5a: 2
  • 5b: 2
  • 5c: 2
  • 5d: 2
  • 5e: 3
  • 6a: 1
  • 6b: 1
  • 6c: 1
  • 7a: 1
  • 7b: 1
  • 7c: 1
  • 7d: 1
  • 7e: 1
  • 8: 5 (very good)
  • 9a: 5 (may be too fanciful for a logo)
  • 9b: 5 (but very nice anyway)
  • 9c: 5
  • 9d: 5
  • 9e: 5
  • 10: 1
  • 11: 1
  • 0: 3 (far from perfect, especially the french logo is nonsense)


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  • (mi kreis pa^gon, kial mia nomo plu estas ru^ga ?)
  • 0: 3
  • 1a: 2
  • 2b: 2
  • 3: 1
  • 4: 1 (bad!)
  • 5: 1 (bad!commercial mark for photocopiers?!)
  • 6b: 5 (super bela kaj sencplena!very well apt to be a classic!)
  • 11: 5 (eble ankoraû pli; out the both I would choose this one, mia prefera)

JDG 01:31, 18 Sep 2003 (UTC): edit

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  • 1a: 5 (Masterly. Masterful too.)
  • 1b: 2 (I repent killing ants as a boy, or maybe not)
  • 2a: 2
  • 2b: 3
  • 2c: 2
  • 2d: 2
  • 2e: 2
  • 3a: 3
  • 3b: 2
  • 4a: 2
  • 4b: 2
  • 4c: 2
  • 4d: 3
  • 5a: 1
  • 5b: 1
  • 5c: 1
  • 5d: 1
  • 5e: 2
  • 6a: 2
  • 6b: 2
  • 6c: 2
  • 7a: 3
  • 7b: 1
  • 7c: 1
  • 7d: 1
  • 7e: 1
  • 8: 1
  • 9a: 1
  • 9b: 1
  • 9c: 1
  • 9d: 1
  • 9e: 1
  • 10: 1
  • 11: 1
  • 0: 2

Heymarcel 06:51, 19 Sep 2003 (UTC) edit

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  • 1a: 2
  • 1b: 1
  • 2a: 4
  • 2b: 3



  • 2c: 4
  • 2d: 4
  • 2e: 3
  • 3a: 5
  • 3b: 4
  • 4a: 3
  • 4b: 3
  • 4c: 3
  • 4d: 3
  • 5a: 1
  • 5b: 1
  • 5c: 1
  • 5d: 1
  • 5e: 1
  • 6a: 4
  • 6b: 4
  • 6c: 5
  • 7a: 1
  • 7b: 1
  • 7c: 1
  • 7d: 1
  • 7e: 1
  • 7f: 1
  • 8 : 1
  • 9a: 1
  • 9b: 1
  • 9c: 1
  • 9d: 1
  • 9e: 1
  • 10: 1
  • 11: 1
  • 0 : 4

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  • 1a:4
  • 1b:1
  • 4:3 (Good, although a bit too "Macromedia")
  • 5:3 (Good, although a bit too "Microsoft")
  • 6:1 (it's not sunflower oil we can find on Wikipedia, although graphics is good)
  • 7:1
  • 8:5 (If there is a need for changing, I'd go for this one or number one)
  • 9a:1
  • 9b:1
  • 9c:1
  • 9d:1
  • 9e:1
  • 10:1
  • 11:3
  • 0:5 (I like the logos as they are today)

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  • 1a:1 Too busy, not easily printed, loses definition in greyscale
  • 1b:1
  • 2a:1 Very derivative - confusion with other logos - YFC, SCF etc.
  • 2b:1
  • 2c:1
  • 2d:1
  • 2e:1
  • 3a:5 Bold, simple, yet has multiple layers of meaning
  • 3b:4
  • 4a:2
  • 4b:2
  • 4c:4
  • 4d:4
  • 5a:1 Has negative energy - feels like collapse
  • 5b:1
  • 5c:1
  • 5d:1
  • 5e:1
  • 6a:2
  • 6b:2
  • 6c:2
  • 7a:1 A paper book is so not what Wikipedia is about.
  • 7b:1
  • 7c:1
  • 7d:1
  • 7e:1
  • 8:4
  • 9a:1 Enough with the cutesy mascots already!
  • 9b:1
  • 9c:1
  • 9d:1
  • 9e:1
  • 10:4 The only finalist to include the [[]]
  • 11: Derivative. Makes me think of Amnesty International (okay, I know thier logo is a candle!)
  • 0:2

GillianAnderson Saturday, 20 September 2003 edit

  • 1a: 5
  • 1b: 3
  • 2a: 1
  • 2b: 2
  • 2c: 2
  • 2d: 2
  • 2e: 3
  • 3a: 1
  • 3b: 3
  • 4a: 2
  • 4b: 1
  • 4c: 1
  • 4d: 3
  • 5a: 3
  • 5b: 1
  • 5c: 2
  • 5d: 2
  • 5e: 3
  • 6a: 1
  • 6b: 1
  • 6c: 1
  • 7a: 4
  • 7b: 1
  • 7c: 1
  • 7d: 1
  • 7e: 1
  • 8: 5
  • 9a: 1
  • 9b: 1
  • 9c: 1
  • 9d: 1
  • 9e: 1
  • 10: 3
  • 11: 2
  • 0: 2 for the interlingua version




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  • 1a:3
  • 1b:1
  • 2a:4
  • 2b:4
  • 2c:4
  • 2d:1
  • 2e:1
  • 3a:1
  • 3b:1
  • 4a:4
  • 4b:4
  • 4c:5
  • 4d:5
  • 5a:1
  • 5b:1
  • 5c:1
  • 5d:1
  • 5e:1
  • 6a:1
  • 6b:1
  • 6c:1
  • 7a:1
  • 7b:1
  • 7c:1
  • 7d:1
  • 7e:1
  • 8:4
  • 9a:1
  • 9b:1
  • 9c:1
  • 9d:1
  • 9e:1
  • 10:1
  • 11:1
  • 0:5

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  • 1a:3
  • 1b:1
  • 2a:4
  • 2b:2
  • 2c:2
  • 2d:2
  • 2e:2
  • 3a:2
  • 3b:2
  • 4a:2
  • 4b:1
  • 4c:1
  • 4d:1
  • 5a:1
  • 5b:1
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  • 6a:1
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  • 8:1
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  • 9d:1
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  • 10:1
  • 11:1
  • 0:2

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  • 1a:3 (seems inspired by the current logo, but the mix of Languages is nice)
  • 1b:2 (the miwiki idea is cute)
  • 2a:1 (too much like a Bank logo!)
  • 2b:2
  • 2c:1
  • 2d:1
  • 2e:1
  • 3a:4
  • 3b:3 (where's the 'W'?)
  • 4a:3 (nice)
  • 4b:1
  • 4c:2
  • 4d:1
  • 5a:2
  • 5b:1
  • 5c:1
  • 5d:1
  • 5e:2
  • 6a:1
  • 6b:1
  • 6c:1
  • 7a:1
  • 7b:2
  • 7c:1
  • 7d:1
  • 7e:1
  • 8:4 (Innovative!!!)
  • 9a:1
  • 9b:3
  • 9c:1
  • 9d:1
  • 9e:2
  • 10:1
  • 11:4 (real nice idea of freedom, but the colours could be better!)
  • 0:3 (especially the Italian one)

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  • 1a: 3
  • 1b: 2
  • 2a: 3
  • 2b: 3
  • 2c: 4
  • 2d: 5 (Favorit)
  • 2e: 4
  • 3a: 3
  • 3b: 3
  • 4a: 3
  • 4b: 3
  • 4c: 2
  • 4d: 2
  • 5a: 3
  • 5b: 3
  • 5c: 3
  • 5d: 3
  • 5e: 3
  • 6a: 5
  • 6b: 4
  • 6c: 3
  • 7a: 2
  • 7b: 1
  • 7c: 2
  • 7d: 2
  • 7e: 2
  • 8: 4
  • 9a: 3
  • 9b: 3
  • 9c: 3
  • 9d: 3
  • 9e: 3
  • 10: 3
  • 11: 3
  • 0: 1 (engl. Kugeltext bei dt. Version)

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  • 1a: 3
  • 1b: 4
  • 2a: 1
  • 2b: 1
  • 2c: 1
  • 2d: 1
  • 2e: 1
  • 3a: 1
  • 3b: 1
  • 4a: 1
  • 4b: 1
  • 4c: 1
  • 4d: 1
  • 5a: 1
  • 5b: 1
  • 5c: 1
  • 5d: 1
  • 5e: 1
  • 6a: 1
  • 6b: 1
  • 6c: 1
  • 7a: 2
  • 7b: 2
  • 7c: 2
  • 7d: 3
  • 7e: 3
  • 8: 2
  • 9a: 2
  • 9b: 2
  • 9c: 2
  • 9d: 2
  • 9e: 2
  • 10: 5
  • 11: 1
  • 0: 4

  • 6a: 5 (aber bitte in grün)
  • 6b: 4

  • 1a: 2
  • 1b: 1
  • 2a: 2
  • 2b: 3
  • 2c: 4
  • 2d: 3
  • 2e: 3
  • 3a: 4
  • 3b: 3
  • 4a: 3
  • 4b: 2
  • 4c: 2
  • 4d: 3
  • 5a: 4
  • 5b: 4
  • 5c: 4
  • 5d: 4
  • 5e: 5 (!)
  • 6a: 4
  • 6b: 3
  • 6c: 4
  • 7a: 2
  • 7b: 3
  • 7c: 1
  • 7d: 1
  • 8: 1
  • 9a: 2
  • 9b: 1
  • 9c: 3
  • 9d: 2
  • 9e: 1
  • 10: 2
  • 11: 5 (!)
  • 0: 1
  • 1a: 5
  • 1b: 4
  • 2a: 1
  • 2b: 2
  • 2c: 2
  • 2d: 2
  • 2e: 3
  • 3a: 4
  • 3b: 3
  • 4a: 4
  • 4b: 2
  • 4c: 3
  • 4d: 3
  • 5a: 5
  • 5b: 3
  • 5c: 5
  • 5d: 3
  • 5e: 5 (my favorite)
  • 6abc: 1
  • 7a: 3
  • 7b: 4
  • 7c: 2
  • 7d: 3
  • 7e: 3
  • 8: 4
  • 9abcde: 2
  • 10:3
  • 11: 1
  • 0: 3 (5 for italian version, thats really cool)

  • 1a: 1 (too much details for a logo)
  • 1b: 1
  • 2a: 5
  • 2b: 4
  • 3b: 4 (colors are a little bit dark)
  • 10: 3

  • 1a: 1
  • 1b: 1
  • 2a: 1
  • 2b: 3
  • 2c: 5
  • 2d: 5
  • 2e: 5
  • 3a: 3
  • 3b: 3
  • 4a: 4
  • 4b: 5
  • 4c: 1
  • 4d: 1
  • 5a: 3
  • 5b: 3
  • 5c: 3
  • 5d: 3
  • 5e: 3
  • 6a: 2
  • 6b: 2
  • 6c: 2
  • 7a: 1
  • 7b: 1
  • 7c: 1
  • 7d: 1
  • 7e: 1
  • 8 : 3
  • 9a: 1
  • 9b: 1
  • 9c: 1
  • 9d: 1
  • 9e: 1
  • 10: 4
  • 11: 4
  • 0 : 1

Gaucho 09:10, 19 Sep 2003 (UTC) edit

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  • 1a: 5
  • 1b: 5
  • 2a: 2
  • 2b: 3
  • 2c: 3
  • 2d: 3
  • 2e: 3
  • 3a: 5
  • 3b: 5
  • 4a: 1
  • 4b: 1
  • 4c: 1
  • 4d: 1
  • 5a: 4
  • 5b: 2
  • 5c: 5
  • 5d: 4
  • 5e: 2
  • 6a: 4
  • 6b: 4
  • 6c: 4
  • 7a: 2
  • 7b: 2
  • 7c: 2
  • 7d: 2
  • 7e: 2
  • 8: 5
  • 9a: 1
  • 9b: 1
  • 9c: 1
  • 9d: 1
  • 9e: 1
  • 10: 5
  • 11: 4
  • 0: 2