Wikivoyage/Logo 2013/Finalist review/WV-Logo Proposal AleXXw

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WV-Logo Proposal AleXXw
(Please note that this logo does need some minor modifications to avoid legal issues. These have been communicated directly to AleXXw.)

The original submission.[edit]

Submission text and other options


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(Please note that this logo does need some minor modifications to avoid legal issues. These have been communicated directly to AleXXw.)
(Please note that this logo does need some minor modifications to avoid legal issues. These have been communicated directly to AleXXw.)

Comments and discussion[edit]

  • I think we all need to know what the problem is. If it is the font or the colour scheme, no big deal, but tell us already. · · · Peter (Southwood) (talk): 06:37, 11 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    • The arrows can't be concave quadrilaterals (per link above). This is a major element of the current design - the concavity leads your eye from one arrow to the next and brings it all together. Plus most arrow heads are that shape, so diverging from that shape is diverging from an easily recognisable arrow. --tiimta (hello) 10:03, 11 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • May be use solid more narrow triangle with special erased form at basic side? Example, red arrow at . Digr (talk) 12:40, 11 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • I like how this logo works without text in the tiny version.---<(kmk)>- (talk) 15:11, 11 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • I like it, nice and simple, but maybe try with two-tone arrows to make it look 3D? -mattbuck (Talk) 18:41, 11 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • I really like this logo, especially how it scales to smaller sizes, and retains integrity even without text. I think if you just change the concave angle to an arc - making it like a circle has been inscribed on the insides of all the triangles, that you would have a similar logo (especially at small size), but it's distinctly not a concave quadrilateral. Vanisaac (talk) 00:17, 12 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Is perfect. And I agree Vanisaac. The small one without the text is nice too. --DerFussi 10:09, 12 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Because it is obviously overlooked, I post the language variants here again. -- Rillke (talk) 13:38, 12 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    The Russian version is most probably wrong: First, its font is too much weighted (not bold here but really black). Second, the term chosed which reads viki gid is not translating "voyage" or "trip", but the term "guide" (i.e. the tourism book) If would have used one of the following terms after the transliteration of "viki" :
    • путешествие (voyage, tourisme)
    • дорога (route, voie, chemin, voyage)
    • поездка (promenade, course, tournée, voyage, tour, chemin)
    • плавание (navigation, voyage, sailing, swim)
    • странствие (voyage, pèlerinage)
    • езда (course, balade, circulation, trafic, voyage)
    • путь (voie, route, ligne, chemin, trajet, voyage)
    For simplicity of the composition, the first one is probably too long, the second term is probably the best (дорога, doroga), but I like also поездка (poezdka) which is not just about the road followed but related for to the (virtual) visit, to speak about the points of interests and things to know when traveling. I would avoid the term странствие which is too much related to religion. The two final terms are probably too short or too narrow/technical in meaning. I also like the term плавание (plavanye).
    Is there a vote for translating the term "Wikivoyage" in Russian? to submit one of: вики-дорога (read viki-doroga), вики-поездка (read viki-poezdka), вики-плавание (read viki-plavanye) ? verdy_p (talk) 14:10, 12 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • very good Logo for a not existing sister project "WikiMaps". But nut for "WikiVoyage". Marcus Cyron (talk) 17:06, 13 August 2013 (UTC)\[reply]
  • I am very disappointed that this logo must be modified, and I don't like any of the proposed modifications. Had I known that the logo I was voting for would not be allowed, I would have voted for other proposals. In the end, I will vote for any of the modifications of this logo, because I think they are better than the other finalists; however, I don't think they are as good as the logos that had been my 2nd and 3rd choices, after your original, unmodified logo. I feel cheated and greatly regret that it doesn't seem to have been possible for management to know about the copyright issue before the first round of voting. Ikan Kekek (talk) 01:48, 14 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • To some extent I agree with Ikan Kekek, that I would have voted differently If the legal issues were known before the vote. · · · Peter (Southwood) (talk): 08:54, 15 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

WV-Logo Proposal AleXXw Arrow Outline.svg[edit]


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Outlines without the concave could be one option? tiimta (hello) 10:57, 11 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Votes for WV-Logo Proposal AleXXw Arrow Outline.svg[edit]

New Variant: Arc instead of concave angle (Instead: #New Variant 4: concave rounded triangles)[edit]


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I have changed the arrows according to Vanisaac's proposal (at least what I understood she/he had in mind). If this logo is accepted or developed further at some stage, it needs to be reviewed by a graphics person, I don't know if I edited it correctly. This is just to have an idea what it would look like. --Danapit (talk) 07:48, 13 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Comments and discussion[edit]

New Variant 1: Triangles[edit]


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New Variant with just triangles as Arrows AleXXw (talk) 10:38, 13 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Comments and discussion[edit]

Votes for New Variant 1: Triangles[edit]


New Variant 2: Deltoid[edit]


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New Variant with deltoids as Arrows AleXXw (talk) 10:38, 13 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Votes for New Variant 2: Deltoid[edit]



New Variant 3: Rounded Triangles[edit]


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New Variant with rounded triangles as Arrows AleXXw (talk) 10:38, 13 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Votes for New Variant 3: Rounded Triangles[edit]



New Variant: Arc instead of concave angle, shades of blue[edit]


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There were a few voices against using the Wikimedia colors color scheme. Danapit (talk) 12:26, 13 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Comments and discussion[edit]

It's still using colours from a Wikimedia project, rather then using fresh colours Oxyman (talk) 21:05, 13 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
If it wouldn't be stated here, I wouldn't have noticed that it is reusing these colours. -- Rillke (talk) 07:34, 16 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • I updated the logo file in blue shades with the metrics according to AleXXw's New Variant 4: concave rounded triangles (so that the two versions only differ in colors now), but in the thumbnail it appears distorted, no idea why. --Danapit (talk) 09:46, 15 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Fixed. --Danapit (talk) 11:36, 15 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Votes for New Variant: Arc instead of concave angle, shades of blue[edit]

New Variant 4: concave rounded triangles[edit]


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New Variant with concave rounded triangles as Arrows using the Idea of Danapit, design drawings will follow. AleXXw (talk) 17:48, 13 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Comments and discussion[edit]

metrics, construction & colours

Votes for New Variant 4: concave rounded triangles[edit]

Other font styles[edit]

You know already that I'm doing everything to not let Gill Sans be used in a logo. I like this and #Concave rounded triangles: Turquoise, green, blue the most, but as I'm a hobby designer and typographer, I hate Gill Sans. So here are some more fonts:

Comments[edit]

Pacifico version

What about these?[edit]

Either of these shapes and/or color schemes strike your fancy? LtPowers (talk) 01:08, 16 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Concave rounded triangles: Turquoise, green, blue[edit]


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Colors are based on LtPowers's suggestion, shape after Variant 4 by AleXXw. Forest, sea and sky? --Danapit (talk) 08:52, 16 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Comments and discussion[edit]

Votes for Concave rounded triangles: Turquoise, green, blue[edit]

Why don't combine them all?[edit]


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I couldn't choose between the three so I made this (also including the original check). The font is Linear. Wolf Lambert (talk) 07:02, 15 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Comments and discussion[edit]

Airplane + balloon (+ original wikiVoyage logo)
balloon + compass (this 120° thing by AleXXw) (+ original wikiVoyage logo)
--Nobelium (talk) 20:41, 16 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

NEVER. Far, far too dizzy.--Seonookim (talk) 06:20, 17 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Votes for Wikivoyage balloon and plane compass[edit]