AboutUsLogo:Status/Abu Ari
- Abu Ari's last edit on AboutUs was Jun 25. TedErnst sent an email July 5. Brandon CS Sanders sent an email with invitation for call on July 9. On 13 July an "inactive " in 7 days note" was put on status page.
Hello Abu, there is a movement afoot to create a new version of the AboutUsLogo. I'd love it if you would come to AboutUsLogo and participate in creating this important decision about the look/feel for our site, after all ItsYourWiki! Warm Regards, 
Brandon CS Sanders
- Hello Abu, thanks for helping out with the AboutUsLogo decisions. As I work out the next iteration of the design I will make sure to post the favicons. Aside from the favicons, however, do you see the logo as being representative of AboutUs in any way? What does AboutUs mean to you? Thanks! -Vinh Nguyen
No, I don't. But then this site is a graphical challenge. A wiki. Metadata. About the home sites of host names. dc:description, dc:relation, dc:publisher... All clear concepts, but I have no visual model of any of them. (Digression: RDF pages describing that http://valravn.net has dc:relation http://virelai.dk, has dc:description http://www.aboutus.org/Valravn.net, dc:isPartOf http://www.aboutus.org/Category:Bands etc would be way cool. No application is yet able to consume such data, though.) Abu Ari 01:23, 15 June 2007 (PDT)
- Hi Abu, I added the favicon candidates. Any new thoughts about what it would take to get to yes? Also, I'd encourage you to take a scroll through AboutUsLogo:Discussion and see what you think of this logo in comparison to the other candidates. Vinh Nguyen
I'm noticing two strong interests that seem to be occurring in various folks:
One group seems to be feeling that we've worked for hundreds of hours over the last few months to replace the ragged yellow man with something stronger and more refined (scroll through AboutUsLogo:Discussion for a better taste of the effort that has gone on so far). This group seems to feel that the current version is good enough and represents the Topsoil metaphor very well.
A second group is arriving a little later in the process and feels that the design doesn't evoke the identity they wish for their site. It feels like this group would appreciate a process of shared discovery where we first come to consensus about who we are and what our purpose is -- then move on to figuring out metaphors and logos that do a great job conveying that identity.
I wonder how we could move to honor both? Any thoughts on this? Brandon CS Sanders
- Riff off Brandon's comments here, one idea is to call this proposal better than the listening man and thus worthy of approval now, and then start a new process to explore what AboutUs really IS, and what might best represent it. If this idea works for you, please change your status above to YES and your status message as you like. If it doesn't please comment back here and we'll go from there. peace, TedErnst
Inactive notice
I notice you've been away for a couple of weeks. That's no problem, of course. And, we're going to move you from NotYet to "Inactive" on this consensus poll in one week if you're still away. Feel free to make yourself active again at any time. If you'd like us to contact you directly in future, please leave an email address in your preferences or on your PersonalPage. Thank you. TedErnst 16:28, 13 July 2007 (PDT)
