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<span style="color: #0082C8;">Why is it important to have guidelines?</span> |
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Wikipedia is a precious, shared resource, used |
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around the world by millions of people every day. |
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We created these guidelines to help authorized |
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re-users of the Wikimedia Foundation’s official |
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marks, including Wikipedia, represent our identity |
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in a way that is consistent with the quality, impact, |
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and importance of our projects. |
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The Wikimedia Foundation marks represent much |
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of what our projects and our movement stands for: |
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bold ideas, global collaboration, typography and |
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text, integrity and quality. We ask that everyone |
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who has permission to use these marks keep those |
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values in mind. Using these marks well is a serious |
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responsibility. |
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All of the assets referenced in this guide can be |
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found on the Wikimedia Foundation’s website, at |
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[[Wikimedia visual identity guidelines]] |
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<span style="color: #0082C8; font-size: 2.5em;">The identity and its elements</span> |
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[[{{PAGENAME}}#toc-about|About the Wikipedia identity]] |
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The elements of our identity |
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The unified mark |
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The puzzle globe |
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The wordmark |
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The puzzle icon |
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The ‘W’ icon |
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The Wikimedia Foundation mark |
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<span style="color: #0082C8;" id="toc-about">About the Wikipedia identity</span> |
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The distinctive Wikipedia identity has evolved over |
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the years since it was introduced in 2003 following |
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a volunteer competition to find a distinctive mark to |
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represent Wikipedia. User Paul Stansifer proposed |
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the original design of the globe in 2003, and shortly |
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afterwards fellow Wikipedian David Friedland made |
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considerable improvements to its styling and puzzle |
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pieces. |
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Since it was originally introduced, the puzzle globe |
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has undergone a series of small changes — mostly |
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adjustments to correct the choice of other characters |
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representing the first character of the word ‘Wikipedia’ |
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in various languages. At one point the puzzle globe |
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included a Klingon alphabet character. In May 2010, the |
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Wikimedia Foundation introduced a revised version of the |
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Wikipedia puzzle globe that included corrected characters |
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and a mapping of characters on the reverse of the puzzle |
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globe, all based on a full 3D rendering of the puzzle globe |
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object. |
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The puzzle globe typically accompanies the Wikipedia |
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wordmark, originally set in Hoefler, but recently updated |
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to Linux Libertine, an opensource typeface, to facilitate |
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easier localization of the wordmark in new language |
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editions of the project. Together, we refer to this as the |
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unified mark. |
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Online, at wikipedia.org, the wordmark always includes |
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a descriptor ‘The Free Encyclopedia,’ which is translated |
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into the language of each project. |
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You can read more about the history of the marks here |
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[[Wikimedia official marks/About the official Marks]] |
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and at |
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[[:Wikipedia:Wikipedia logos]] |
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Revision as of 21:58, 25 September 2012
Identity guidelines for Wikipedia
Why is it important to have guidelines?
Wikipedia is a precious, shared resource, used around the world by millions of people every day. We created these guidelines to help authorized re-users of the Wikimedia Foundation’s official marks, including Wikipedia, represent our identity in a way that is consistent with the quality, impact, and importance of our projects.
The Wikimedia Foundation marks represent much of what our projects and our movement stands for: bold ideas, global collaboration, typography and text, integrity and quality. We ask that everyone who has permission to use these marks keep those values in mind. Using these marks well is a serious responsibility.
All of the assets referenced in this guide can be found on the Wikimedia Foundation’s website, at Wikimedia visual identity guidelines
The identity and its elements
About the Wikipedia identity
The elements of our identity
The unified mark
The puzzle globe
The wordmark
The puzzle icon
The ‘W’ icon
The Wikimedia Foundation mark
About the Wikipedia identity
The distinctive Wikipedia identity has evolved over the years since it was introduced in 2003 following a volunteer competition to find a distinctive mark to represent Wikipedia. User Paul Stansifer proposed the original design of the globe in 2003, and shortly afterwards fellow Wikipedian David Friedland made considerable improvements to its styling and puzzle pieces.
Since it was originally introduced, the puzzle globe has undergone a series of small changes — mostly adjustments to correct the choice of other characters representing the first character of the word ‘Wikipedia’ in various languages. At one point the puzzle globe included a Klingon alphabet character. In May 2010, the Wikimedia Foundation introduced a revised version of the Wikipedia puzzle globe that included corrected characters and a mapping of characters on the reverse of the puzzle globe, all based on a full 3D rendering of the puzzle globe object.
The puzzle globe typically accompanies the Wikipedia wordmark, originally set in Hoefler, but recently updated to Linux Libertine, an opensource typeface, to facilitate easier localization of the wordmark in new language editions of the project. Together, we refer to this as the unified mark.
Online, at wikipedia.org, the wordmark always includes a descriptor ‘The Free Encyclopedia,’ which is translated into the language of each project.
You can read more about the history of the marks here