Forum:Wiki logo amendment

Hey guys, I just want to quickly propose a small logo change:

You can see what it looks like in action here.

Why do I think it should be changed? Well it's missing the motto currently... something which is rather important, and holds a small amount of meaning.

Thoughts? 00:15, April 2, 2012 (UTC)

I really really like this, I was sad when the logo changed that our little slogan went away, this looks like a nice improvement. 00:17, April 2, 2012 (UTC)

The potatoes are clearly better I like the look of this. I like the motto being in the logo again, and I feel it has been incorparated nicely into the current logo. 00:18, April 2, 2012 (UTC)


 * I support the striked-out portion. 01:15, April 2, 2012 (UTC)

I'll have to agree with this. I like it. Shotrocket6 00:20, April 2, 2012 (UTC)

00:22, April 2, 2012 (UTC)
 * Could not of said it any better. 01:13, April 2, 2012 (UTC)

Until I saw the words on the title, I forgot that we had a motto. I like the look with it too. Lets add it. Conqueror of all Zombies 00:27, April 2, 2012 (UTC)

Per MLG 07:54, April 2, 2012 (UTC)

Agreed. Make it happen pls. 07:59, April 2, 2012 (UTC)

Beautiful. Let's go for it. TheDocRichtofen (  Talk  ) 08:25, April 2, 2012 (UTC)

Niiice. Do it now. Sgt. S.S. 09:02, April 2, 2012 (UTC)

I forgot all about the slogan. Let's put it back! 09:37, April 2, 2012 (UTC)

I say go for it. I missed the motto. Joseph Tan l talk l edit count l contribs l 15:57, April 2, 2012 (UTC)

I can't see the picture but ANYTHING to get rid of the annoying tiny white pixels due to bad photoshopping on that left potato. (Why the hell potatoes?) 17:45, April 2, 2012 (UTC)
 * Because potatoes are OP. 17:47, April 2, 2012 (UTC)
 * I agree. 17:48, April 2, 2012 (UTC)
 * It doesn't explain the white pixels lurking in the logo :/ 17:49, April 2, 2012 (UTC)
 * The logo couldn't contain the Potatoes overpoweredness, now move along. 17:52, April 2, 2012 (UTC)

I like it, we should put it up. 18:03, April 2, 2012 (UTC)

It's really bugging me that it goes from black with drop shadow to green with drop shadow to white with green glow. The logo I still see, as an example, is uniform in style throughout its entirety. Since the line with the motto is done in homage to the Call of Duty 4 logo, I'd recommend adding some sort of smokey background behind it both to be more stylistically assimilated and to fill out the logo. The way it is now is kind of bland. I'd also recommend adding a slight inner glow in addition to the outer glow. I'm just going to go ahead and assume that it's already anti-aliased, but because the glow only goes in one direction it looks pixelated in how it ends when going into the letters. I'd also recommend removing the italics on the motto if it's going to go in the style of Call of Duty 4 and making the caps uniform across the image. 19:21, April 2, 2012 (UTC)
 * Per Chia, besides that it like it 23:04, April 2, 2012 (UTC)

I prefer the logo monobook's been using. It's uniform and clean. 23:44, April 2, 2012 (UTC)
 * It's a bit outdated though, in that it's still Black Ops-themed. Sgt. S.S. 19:06, April 3, 2012 (UTC)
 * True, but Black Ops 2 is coming in November, so it won't be outdated for much longer. 00:16, April 4, 2012 (UTC)

I don't like it. Why do we need a tag line? 17:23, April 3, 2012 (UTC)
 * We don't need it but most people enjoy it. 18:25, April 3, 2012 (UTC)

Yeah, iagree that we should have that logo. Every website needs an annoying motto. XJoonblitz 17:35, April 3, 2012 (UTC)
 * Are you being sarcastic? 00:16, April 4, 2012 (UTC)
 * Hmmm... yep, Poketape, I think he is. Sgt. S.S. 09:02, April 4, 2012 (UTC)

I like it. I don't see any reason not put it there, let's do it. (Could someone remove those potatoes, plox?) Commander Shepard: "You're just a machine, and machines can be broken!" 18:12, April 3, 2012 (UTC)

I like it and I also completely agree that we should use it.  Eternal Blaze  18:14, April 3, 2012 (UTC)

Would someone mind explaining precisely what detriment having a tag line would have? The logo we had in the Monaco days had it, as does Monobook's BO-themed logo, and there haven't been any negative effects from it thus far. Why, then, can't we use a tag line on this particular logo? Sgt. S.S. 09:02, April 4, 2012 (UTC)
 * Umm... we're not getting rid of it, you know. We nub Oasis users would get the tag line, as it's not on our current logo which has potatoes instead. 09:13, April 4, 2012 (UTC)
 * I was talking more about users like N7 and XJoonblitz, who both seem to be opposed to a tag line. Sgt. S.S. 09:43, April 4, 2012 (UTC)
 * Oh, okay then. 09:45, April 4, 2012 (UTC)

Vote
It seems like the majority favor the change, so let's take a quick vote to keep it official. Shotrocket6 13:22, April 4, 2012 (UTC)

Support

 * 1) A nice change and implements our long lost motto. Shotrocket6 13:22, April 4, 2012 (UTC)
 * 2) Per Shot. It's a nice change to implement the motto. 13:26, April 4, 2012 (UTC)
 * 3) It could use a few small tweaks like chia stated, other then that, i gusta. 13:29, April 4, 2012 (UTC)
 * 4) Per all. 13:35, April 4, 2012 (UTC)
 * 5) The presence of our beloved motto makes it a great change even from a potato infested logo. 13:37, April 4, 2012 (UTC)
 * 6) The motto is something nice, and the logo looks a lot better with it. Commander Shepard: "You're just a machine, and machines can be broken!" 16:26, April 4, 2012 (UTC)
 * 7) Per all 16:33, April 4, 2012 (UTC)
 * 8) Beats what the Irish have any day. I think the motto makes the logo much more professional and I think it looks cooler, rather than an on-wiki personal joke. 17:02, April 4, 2012 (UTC)
 * 9) Motto > potatoes. Sgt. S.S. 17:18, April 4, 2012 (UTC)
 * 10) I miss our motto. It's our wiki's signature.
 * 11) per all 20:04, April 4, 2012 (UTC)
 * 12) Per Kat. 20:05, April 4, 2012 (UTC)
 * 13) Per all WrightEveryTime 21:15, April 4, 2012 (UTC)
 * 14) No complaints here. (Potatoes shall be missed.) 21:23, April 4, 2012 (UTC)
 * 15) It seems reasonable, mostly everyone wants it, and I think it would look good as well.  Eternal Blaze  21:24, April 4, 2012 (UTC)
 * 16) Per nom. (Ownerofownnage) 23:06, April 4, 2012 (UTC)
 * 17) Sure. Although I do believe it would look better with the "WIKI". -- 23:23, April 4, 2012 (UTC)
 * But it does have the "Wiki". Did you mean without it or something? 10:07, April 5, 2012 (UTC)
 * 1) I liked that motto. Why not readd it? it doesn't take up much space. 23:30, April 4, 2012 (UTC)
 * 2) As long as Chia's suggestions are done because I also am not too fond of the motto in italics, it feels like something more suited for a racing game. 00:12, April 5, 2012 (UTC)
 * 3) Marvelous, simply marvelous! 20PX_SIG.gif  Talk 20:45, April 5, 2012 (UTC)

Oppose

 * 1) I think it looks fine without a motto. 21:21, April 4, 2012 (UTC)
 * To reiterate what I said above, would you mind explaining precisely what detriment having a motto would have? Sgt. S.S. 09:03, April 5, 2012 (UTC)
 * He doesn't need to re-iterate anything. In his opinion, he doesn't like the motto and doesn't see why the logo needs one. 11:08, April 5, 2012 (UTC)
 * 1) Per N7. It looks perfectly fine as it is now, and just looks too large with the motto underneath it. Do we even have a motto? 23:31, April 4, 2012 (UTC)
 * "No one edits alone" 00:10, April 5, 2012 (UTC)

Change to the Motto
It's abundantly clear that the majority would favor including the motto in the logo, but some have expressed concern (and I agree) that the motto shouldn't be italicized, and that it should be a different color. I personally agree, and propose that we might keep the lettering either black or green (to match the rest of the logo). Any thoughts? Shotrocket6 14:38, April 5, 2012 (UTC)


 * I can make the motto non-italics easily, I'll remake the logo with an unitalicised logo later tonight. 14:57, April 5, 2012 (UTC)

Here it is:

15:06, April 5, 2012 (UTC)


 * Megusta. 15:07, April 5, 2012 (UTC)
 * I personally like that much better. Shotrocket6 15:08, April 5, 2012 (UTC)
 * 15:12, April 5, 2012 (UTC)
 * I liked the italics version better. 15:29, April 5, 2012 (UTC)
 * Same. The italics highlight the motto better. 16:30, April 5, 2012 (UTC)

More of a curiosity than a suggestion, but could the motto have a fill color? 16:49, April 5, 2012 (UTC)
 * There's a logo I was playing around with that has one like that. 18:39, April 5, 2012 (UTC)

I like this one much better than the other choice, but I do agree with Damac, I would like to see the motto with a fill color. 20:38, April 5, 2012 (UTC)
 * How about black? We can keep it consistent with the rest of the logo. Or, maybe we could even have "No one" in black, "edits" in green, and "alone" in black; it would kind of play on the original motto for the series. Shotrocket6 01:38, April 6, 2012 (UTC)
 * Black sounds right, we just changed the template color from green to black. White just makes it look somewhat...empty. 02:46, April 6, 2012 (UTC)

This is it with a black fill. I love how this turned out. Microsoft Paint can do pretty cool stuff with making text. 03:10, April 6, 2012 (UTC)
 * These logos...just keep getting better and better. USE THIS ONE. 03:14, April 6, 2012 (UTC)
 * I do like this much better. Shotrocket6 03:26, April 6, 2012 (UTC)

What if we change the motto altogether? Maybe to something like: In the COD Wiki we are all brothers/editors, are something like that? 03:20, April 6, 2012 (UTC)


 * Changing the motto itself is a topic for a different forum. 03:24, April 6, 2012 (UTC)
 * "No one fights alone" was the motto of the original Call of Duty. That's not something I'd be willing to change. Shotrocket6 03:26, April 6, 2012 (UTC)
 * The original motto is perfect, it does not ever need to be changed. 03:39, April 6, 2012 (UTC)

I would like to see what it'd look like without the Wiki part though, making it look more like the current monobook one. 06:31, April 6, 2012 (UTC)


 * Here you go:




 * 15:16, April 6, 2012 (UTC)


 * fap 16:14, April 6, 2012 (UTC)


 * I like the one above this one.  Dr Brew  Talk  18:12, April 6, 2012 (UTC)
 * Per N7. 18:57, April 6, 2012 (UTC)
 * per n7 19:46, April 6, 2012 (UTC)

Fixed the shadowing. 19:44, April 6, 2012 (UTC)