[OSM-talk] New Logo in the Wiki

[SteveC]

Mikel and SWG don't have to take all this, I did it so flame me Jochen.

Steve

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On Apr 30, 2011, at 9:04, Mikel Maron <mikel_maron at yahoo.com> wrote:

> So tired of the bad attitude in OSM. Perhaps you're just trying to be funny Jochen, but really, this makes me want to quit trying to do anything.
> 
> From: Jochen Topf <jochen at remote.org>
> To: Martijn van Exel <m at rtijn.org>
> Cc: osm <talk at openstreetmap.org>
> Sent: Sat, April 30, 2011 10:53:46 AM
> Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] New Logo in the Wiki
> 
> On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 04:11:52PM +0200, Martijn van Exel wrote:
> > On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 1:56 PM, M∡rtin Koppenhoefer <dieterdreist at gmail.com
> > > wrote:
> > 
> > > I noticed that there is a new OSM logo in the wiki. I find it strange
> > > that important things like changing the well established logo of the
> > > project are beeing changed without any discussion or notice on any of
> > > the lists, or did I miss something? Or was the site hacked?
> > >
> > >
> > I'd have to concur. Firstly, a new logo is not something you roll out on its
> > own, it's part of a new 'corporate identity' and it's not something you just
> > implement by accepting a pull request. Secondly, there's tons of derived
> > products that are sitting there looking dated all of a sudden; not only
> > national or sub-project web sites, also printed materials. It seems very
> > amateurish to have different logo versions sitting around in different parts
> > of the project. All in all I believe some advance notice would have been a
> > good idea. Mind you, I'm not even talking about a community voting process -
> > I'm not in favor of that in this case at all.
> 
> Don't be so hard on the Strategic Working Group. After months of talks they
> have actually done something! I think we should celebrate that! After dipping
> their toes into many important subjects for the future of OSM they have chosen
> the logo change as the most important strategic change and implemented it! I am
> glad OSM is not just a bunch of nerds any more, but that we now have a
> strategy! Yeah!
> 
> And I think having a logo that looks a bit skewed is a perfect fit for OSM. It
> symbolizes the imperfect nature of OSM!
> 
> Jochen
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> 
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