File talk:Commons-logo.svg

Transparency

Well, in IE this "transparency" is grey --TarmoK 13:40, 14 October 2005 (UTC)

Internet Explorer doesn't support transparency. dbenbenn | talk 15:36, 14 October 2005 (UTC)

For as long as the most widely used internet browser doesn't support transparency, can we please have a copy with either a white background, or in a format that doesn't look as bad as this one in IE? -- Quistnix 08:17, 27 October 2005 (UTC)

I couldn't agree more.

Use elsewhere to accompany link to Commons

Any problem loading copies to Wikicities for use in links to Commons? Robin Patterson 11:23, 25 December 2005 (UTC)

Well, the Wikimedia Foundation doesn't release any rights to the logo. I guess you could use it on Wikicities under the "fair use" clause, but not otherwise. User:dbenbenn 17:47, 25 December 2005 (UTC)

"TM"

Shouldn't such images have a little "TM" or something, visibly stuck to their edge, to be fully protected legally? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 140.115.52.248 (talk • contribs) at 14:21, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

Smaller size

User:Dbc334 just changed the image to be slightly smaller... I have no idea why. Anyone know? ~MDD4696 07:33, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

what do you mean protected?... it copied directly to my desktop

Optimized and valid version

See: File:Commons logo optimized.svg Kindest regards Fleshgrinder (talk) 14:11, 16 May 2009 (UTC)

Metaphor?

Hi, I was wondering, what exactly does this logo represent, anyway? A blue arrow going around a red dot and heading off in the distance, containing smaller blue arrows going to the dot, doesn't really clarify the purpose of Wikimedia Commons concretely in my mind. --72.84.157.20 16:06, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

Edit request

{{Edit request}}

Please encase the file description with {{En}}. {{en|1=}} is not needed they're no links in the description. Thank you. Mlpearc (powwow) 05:25, 7 June 2012 (UTC)

 Not done I don't see the point of doing this. It's fine as it is. Rd232 (talk) 14:44, 24 June 2012 (UTC)

Replace with optimized

{{editprotected}} Please replace with File:OptiCommons-logo.svg. Palosirkka (talk) 21:19, 11 September 2012 (UTC)

 Not done Sorry many users have concerns about your optimization (read your user talk page). Wikimedia logos do not need to be optimized and most are not under free licence (which means you should not modify it). --PierreSelim (talk) 06:04, 12 October 2012 (UTC)

Edit request

{{Edit request}} Please move the file to category Category:SVG Wikimedia Commons logos. De728631 (talk) 01:14, 28 April 2013 (UTC)

Done. Killiondude (talk) 18:55, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

Remove Cat

{{Edit protected}} Per Commons:OVERCAT Category:SVG logos should be removed. --Pyfisch (talk) 19:39, 24 July 2013 (UTC)

•  Done odder (talk) 11:33, 25 July 2013 (UTC)

Invalid

Repair suggestions based on prior fixes by Rillke for similar issues with Creative Commons SVG logos:

1. in SVG source line 8 replace "inkscape.sourceforge.net" by "sodipodi.sourceforge.net" for the URL of xmlns:sodipodi
2. in SVG source line 11 replace "Wikimedia Logo" by "Wikimedia_Logo" to get a valid NMTOKEN (xml:id)
3. on the protected file page add {{validSVG}}
4. on this talk page disable or remove {{invalidSVG}} and {{edit request|technical=1}}

–Be..anyone (talk) 16:10, 28 March 2014 (UTC) {{Edit request}}

 Done, thanks for helping out. Best regards, --ChrisiPK (Talk|Contribs) 10:07, 10 April 2014 (UTC)

Update request

{{Editprotected}}

Please take the simplified version File:Commons logo optimized.svg by user: Pumbaa80 (from 03:28, 21. Mär. 2006) as he uploaded here, which is the real symmetrically version with real SVG elements as described her in the image description (as he mentioned here in the upload history, which has also simplified/corrected the Wikimedia logo; any mentioned Inkscape bug is not recognizable nor comprehensible). The current version is only a path mush somewhere, also the colors are not the fully original Wikimedia colors. Compare and upload please. PS: And also the current version is to hard cropped (as also user: Optimager has mentioned here 01:46, 19. Okt. 2005) this results in some resolution as a clipped rounding. -- Perhelion 22:56, 29 May 2014 (UTC)

PS: I'm not the guy (as Palosirkka above) who is for simply cleanup SVG with a (buggy) tool. This version is new drawn, its simply corrected (if even slightly) with use of the SVG specified optimal elements. SVG is optimization for display. So no anxiety to take a smaller version. PPS: IMO Mediawiki is the greatest supporter of SVG in the world and Commons the greatest hoster of Mediawiki, so this Logo should represent at "minimum a good" SVG code. -- Perhelion 12:54, 3 June 2014 (UTC)

Uploaded File:Commons logo optimized.svg (by Pumbaa80 & Perhelion) --Steinsplitter (talk) 13:46, 3 June 2014 (UTC)

Edit request

{{edit request}} --jckfa (talk) 09:42, 7 October 2018 (UTC)
Please replace the current version with the following version:



Comparison with current version (before):



Below I refer to different components of the symbol with the following terms:

circle = red circle
inner arrows = the seven smaller arrows (each of which is constructed with a head—a triangle—and a body, a rectangle)
outer arrow = the big arrow (made up of a head—a triangle—and a body—an S-like shape encompassing the inner arrows and circle)

Changes

(written like a Git commit using the imperative mood)

1. Optically correct. Make inner arrow heads look like equilateral triangles.
2. Improve consistency. Reuse head of inner arrow for (scaled up) head of outer arrow. In the current logo the head of the outer arrow is stylized and inconsistent with the heads of the inner arrows. Furthermore its complex shape doesn't scale as well as a basic triangle.
3. Improve scalability. Thicken body of inner arrows and relieve congestion within outer arrow. The Commons logo is downscaled to a 16×16px favicon in web browser tabs so rendering should be as good as possible at such a small size.
4. Clean up geometry. Construction should be pixel-perfect, curves smooth as butter.

Licensing

{{Edit request}} Please change {{PD-ineligible}} to {{PD-shape}} which is more accurate.Jonteemil (talk) 14:18, 23 March 2020 (UTC)

Also please add \+= to {{Igen}}.Jonteemil (talk) 14:19, 23 March 2020 (UTC)

And change {{Trademark}} to {{Wikimedia trademark}} which is more accurate.Jonteemil (talk) 14:21, 23 March 2020 (UTC)

@Jonteemil: please clarify the part about Igen. Could you write out exactly what you want it to say in place of {{Igen|A|+|s=l}}?

Cheers. --Green Giant (talk) 18:49, 5 April 2020 (UTC)

@Green Giant: {{Igen|A|+|s=l}} to {{Igen|A|+|\+=|s=l}}. Thanks!Jonteemil (talk) 05:26, 6 April 2020 (UTC)

 Done --Green Giant (talk) 21:38, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

@Green Giant: Thanks, one thing though. It should be just \+ not \+=, sorry my bad.Jonteemil (talk) 06:45, 8 April 2020 (UTC)

 Done -Green Giant (talk) 07:03, 8 April 2020 (UTC)

@Green Giant: Thanks!Jonteemil (talk) 18:16, 8 April 2020 (UTC)

xlink:href

{{Edit request}}

"xlink:href" has been deprecated and should be replaced with "href". References to the xlink namespace can also be removed. --17jiangz1 (talk) 14:17, 19 April 2020 (UTC)

@17jiangz1: That page seems to be for SVG 2 and later. Does it apply to SVG 1.1 as well?Jonteemil (talk) 08:11, 7 May 2020 (UTC)

@Jonteemil: Good point, xlink:href has only been deprecated since SVG 2, in that case, I guess keeping the xlink namespace would be preferred.--17jiangz1 (talk) 11:58, 7 May 2020 (UTC)

I would think so yes.Jonteemil (talk) 12:04, 7 May 2020 (UTC)

 Not done per above discussion. --Green Giant (talk) 20:15, 26 May 2020 (UTC)

Change to {{PD-textlogo}}

{{Edit request}} Please change the licensing template to {{PD-textlogo}} as it's more specific. --Matr1x-101^{Pinging me doesn't hurt!} {user - talk? - useless contributions} 21:58, 22 December 2022 (UTC)

I'd say {{PD-textlogo}} ought only to be used for logos including text, hence textlogo. {{PD-simple}} is sufficient according to me.Jonteemil (talk) 00:45, 24 December 2022 (UTC)

 Not done In certain countires, this logo might be considered complex. As long as we have a free license for it, it's better to keep it as it is. Thanks for the suggestion. --Ruthven (msg) 09:17, 5 January 2023 (UTC)

• 
  published under
  {{PD-shape}}
• 
  published under
  {{Cc-by-sa-3.0}}

@Ruthven, Reidab, Grunt, Cfaerber, and Pumbaa80:

1. Do you think it is legal and reasonable to add {{Copyright by Wikimedia}} to File:Commons-logo.svg?
2. Do you think it is legal and reasonable to add {{PD-shape}} to File:Commons-logo.png?

For me the two images are too similar to have different licenses.

 — Johannes Kalliauer - Talk | Contributions 21:48, 9 January 2023 (UTC)

The tag {{PD-ineligible}} has been added without any discussion on 19th March 2014 by Russavia. The original tag, that should be maintained, is {{CopyrightByWikimedia}}. --Ruthven (msg) 12:44, 10 January 2023 (UTC)