User talk:Väsk

Welcome
Hi, welcome to Logopedia! Thanks for your edit to the File:BBC logo 1988.jpg page.

Please leave a message on my talk page if I can help with anything! -- CatherineMunro (Talk) 07:41, 2009 November 2

Greetings & Thanks for the great contritbutions!
Hello!

I'm new to Wikia and have been tasked with helping the Lifestyle category. The Logopedia wiki is a fantastic wiki, thanks for all of your fantastic contributions. I recently added the wiki to the rotating "Spotlight" so you may get a few more new faces over the next few days.

Please do let me know if you have any questions or if there is anything I can do to help.

Cheers, JeskaD 23:53, June 28, 2010 (UTC)

Reply

 * Thanks!


 * One obvious problem with Logopedia is that its articles don't turn up in relevant Google searches. I've altered MediaWiki:Pagetitle which will probably help, however the name and url of the wiki is still problematic. One other problem with the name is that "logopedia" has double meanings in several languages. Perhaps a namechange would benefit the wiki. Väsk 12:47, June 29, 2010 (UTC)

Reply 2
Heya Vask - Agreed that it would be good to get a different name into the URL, do you have any suggestions?

- --JeskaD 20:39, July 6, 2010 (UTC)

Reply 3
It a shame that both "logo.wikia.com" and "logos.wikia.com" are taken by largely inactive wikis. I don't know what your policy is about moving wikis, but the most preferable would obviously be "logo.wikia.com".

The most straight-forward name would be to call it the "Logo Wiki". The URL would then be "logowiki.wikia.com", if it isn't possible to get logo.wikia.com.

This does need some discussion though, especially as the wiki suddenly got a community since the last time we spoke. Väsk 07:31, July 7, 2010 (UTC)

Reply 4
Let me see if any of those are an option!

- JeskaD 20:21, July 9, 2010 (UTC)

PS:

Heya! Looks like we may be able to get logos.wikia.com to replace "logopedia.wikia.com". I'll follow-up with you when I have more information!

Cheers, - JeskaD 22:09, July 9, 2010 (UTC)

Auto
I know just about every car make logos and companies. You can find me at Autopedia. I'll create as much as I can :) --Knightrez(Talk) 20:03, June 30, 2010 (UTC)


 * Great! Väsk 20:10, June 30, 2010 (UTC)


 * Do you know Maserati? :) --Knightrez(Talk) 20:47, June 30, 2010 (UTC)

Logos for movie series?
Can we add logos for movies series such as Indiana Jones franchise logo? --Knightrez(Talk) 21:29, June 30, 2010 (UTC)


 * I don't see why not. :-) Väsk 21:33, June 30, 2010 (UTC)

Hey, Vask!
I just want to ask about the SVG files for the first and current logos for TV Land. Did you get them from a couple program packages?

Just asking...

L D E J R u f f (see what I have contributed ) July 5, 2010, 0:48 (EDT)


 * Some TV companies use PDFs with logos of all channels they offer to market themselves. Most TV logos on this site are extracted from such PDFs. Väsk 15:28, July 5, 2010 (UTC)

Here's a skin for the wiki
If you don't like it, don't worry, and if you do like it, add it to MediaWiki:Monaco.css:

/***** Rhythm Heaven theme by Will k *****/

.color1 { background-color: #0000CD; color:           #007FFF; } .color1 a { color:           #FFFFFF; } .color2 { background-color: 	#32CD32; } .accent { background-color: #00FF00; border-color: #00FF00; color: #007FFF; } .neutral { background-color: #32CD32; border-color: #32CD32; color: #007FFF; }

--Will k 04:09, July 7, 2010 (UTC)


 * I'm afraid that theme would be a little hard on the eyes, especially with the stark colours and limegreen. I'm a bit hesitant to change the skin at all at this point. Väsk 07:31, July 7, 2010 (UTC)

Hi!
Hi Väsk, I'm really sorry for my long absence, I became very busy throughout the year. I want to thank you for maintaining the wiki and taking good care of it, I am back to edit again. Once again, thanks for keeping the wiki active and making it great. By the way, I am not sure if a name change would be a good idea, as this is a great name and I cannot think of any other names that would fit. Bye! -- Alxeedo TALK 16:23, July 7, 2010 (UTC)

Logopedia.wikia -> Logos.wikia
Howdy! Because the logos.wikia site had never gotten any contributions, we were able to grab its domain. Given that "Logopedia" has some non-English language issues (for example, it's a Spanish language disease I believe..), we may want to pick a new name for the site as well. Perhaps we could brainstom a few and ask the active contributors to vote on which they like best? The easier it is to find in google, the more popular the site will be! Let me know if you think of any potentials...

- JeskaD 22:21, July 9, 2010 (UTC)

Hey, Vask!
Thanks for adding more picture and a year. But Vask is removing catagory for Burgers like that. The easier for Vask to add a picture of Aspen Film Society logo was found in Google Images or CLG Wiki at Wetpaint.

- Logofanful 18.06, July 17, 2010 (UTC)

Proposed new logo
Since you seem to be an active bureaucrat, I'd like to propose a new wiki logo.
 * [[File:LogoPedia_wiki_logo.png]]

If you want to see what it will look like without changing it sitewide, add the following to your Special:MyPage/monaco.css: background:url(http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/logopedia/images/8/8c/LogoPedia_wiki_logo.png) !important; } I hope you like it. -- Fandyllic  (talk &middot; contr) 10:05 PM PST 24 Jul 2010
 * 1) wiki_logo {


 * I agree that your suggestion is a better design than the one we currently have. However, I don't like CamelCase, so I would suggest that you change to a lowercase p. File:Wiki.png is still unprotected, so you can upload a new logo yourself. If you upload the logo with a lowercase P, you'll have my blessing. Väsk 06:29, July 25, 2010 (UTC)


 * File:Wiki.png is not unprotected, but I changed it to have a lower case "p" (see above). -- Fandyllic  (talk &middot; contr) 11:20 PM PST 28 Jul 2010


 * Hadn't noticed it had been protected. Anyway, now your logo is up. Väsk 07:47, July 29, 2010 (UTC)

Admin?
HI dude! I was wondering if i could become an admin! WHy?

1. I have 90 edits!

2. I have addy logos!

so please consider me as an admin! THANKS!Izzyfan :) Is that.... a HOBO? Oh No its not its just Ezekiel...  OR IS IT? o.O 23:15, August 21, 2010 (UTC)


 * Hi Izzyfan!


 * I wouldn't make you an admin just yet, the wiki isn't really in desparate need for new admins at the moment. You've been active for less than a month, and 90 edits aren't really that many. So I'm afraid I have to decline your request for now.


 * A few things to think about:


 * 90% of an admins work is about restoring vandalism. If you want to become an admin, you should show some good judgement when it comes to keeping track of vandals.
 * Accurate and properly sourced information is important if this wiki is to remain credible and of high quality. Therefore you should try to provide sources for your claims as often as you possibly can. We have a big problem with people who post made-up information, which means I am quick to revert information that look suspicious. I was close to deleting your changes to the Sprite page as you hadn't provided any sources for your claims. You've also made some suspicious changes to the Rio 2016 page. If you don't provide any good sources for these changes, I'm afraid I'll have to revert them.


 * Väsk 15:24, August 22, 2010 (UTC)

Top Level Categories for Logos Wiki?
Howdy!

Hope you're doing well! It's been great fun to watch Logopedia grow and flourish over the last few months!

I am looking to redesign the look, feel and layout of the main page of the logo wiki, to include an easier to browse set of categories and new look/feel.

As part of this project, I'd like to add a streamlined top level navigation (including category pages) and need your advice on what you would include. If you were to pick a smaller number of categories (maybe 4-6) for the top level navigation on the logos wiki, what would they be?

The current main page has a giant list of categories (copied below):

There is also a categorization by Country and by Design Agency, are these perhaps the top three categories we should branch off of?

Thanks for your help. Once I've got a new design mocked up by our design team, I will be sure to post it for your feedback before moving forward.

Thanks and I look forward to your suggestions!

- JeskaD 00:46, August 24, 2010 (UTC)


 * As you can see on the front page, I've divided the categories into three areas: by topic, by country, and a special category for design agencies, whose pages generally contain a list of logos created by the agency.


 * The two current category lists were created by me by essentially taking the fifteen biggest country categories and the fifteen biggest topic categories from Special:MostLinkedCategories. I remember doing some selection, for example I gave India the bump because they are such a big country.


 * If we had to reduce the number of categories on the front page, I would create a big category called Category:Media, containing Cinema, Internet, Publishing, Radio and Television. I guess we would also create Category:Transport, with airlines, trains, etcetera. Food and drink is also an important category which deserves to be on the front page. Other than those three, its really hard to pick out just 4-6 categories that deserve a prominent place on the front page, but I would probably put Energy, Finance, Education, Government, Hygiene and Technology as the top contenders.


 * If I could urge you about something, it would be to retain the "news ticker" as prominent as it is today. It is definitely the very best part of the front page today, and I'm very proud of it. Väsk 06:10, August 24, 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for Feedback
Howdy! Thanks for the quick feedback.

Over the next few weeks (and with this feedback in mind!) I'm planning to work with our design team to pull together one or two potential design mock-ups for a redesigned Logo wiki. Wikia has done similar redesigns for other wikis (including the recent Vintage Pattern wiki changes) which included redeisgning the main page and creating a custom background image and logo. I would love your (and other key contributors/admins) feedback as we work on this. As soon as I have proposed designs I will be sure to post here. In the meantime, please keep sending over your thoughts and ideas on my talk page.

- JeskaD 01:32, September 9, 2010 (UTC)

Badges?
Hi I have fixed all the source problems but! Can we have badges? since your an admin i really hope you can turn on badges! Thanks if you canIzzyfan :) Is that.... a HOBO? Oh No its not its just Ezekiel...  OR IS IT? o.O 20:05, August 24, 2010 (UTC)


 * According to http://help.wikia.com/wiki/Help:User_badge, badges appear not to be supported. Anyway, I don't have any idea about how to active badges. Väsk 20:43, August 24, 2010 (UTC)

Ok! But whats the IRC channle? and can you go there?Izzyfan :) <font color="Red">Is that.... a HOBO? <font color="Green">Oh No its not its just Ezekiel... <font color="Blue"> OR IS IT? o.O 20:46, August 24, 2010 (UTC)


 * I think there's information about IRC channels here: http://community.wikia.com/wiki/Community_Central:IRC_channels I haven't used IRC in years, so I can't provide further help. Väsk 20:49, August 24, 2010 (UTC)

OK! anyways http://usasoda.com/Cokesprite.htm does contain proof of it! Its on the cans and below the cans are dates! Meaning they were offical dates!Izzyfan :) <font color="Red">Is that.... a HOBO? <font color="Green">Oh No its not its just Ezekiel... <font color="Blue"> OR IS IT? o.O 20:51, August 24, 2010 (UTC)


 * Just to make things clear, I've cross-examined the cans on USASoda and your claims:
 * You claim that Sprite logo 1969.png wasn't used after 1962, while on USASoda there aren't any soda cans with other logos until 1972. In fact, that logo was in use for at least most of the 1960s.
 * You claim that Sprite logo 1980.png was introduced in 1962, while the oldest can with that logo is dated 1979! You may be excused for confusing it with an earlier version with the same font, but with a sparkle instead of a red dot over the I, but the oldest can with that logo is dated 1972. There is also a large gap between 1963 and 1972, so no claims can be made for logos used during this period.
 * You claim that Sprite logo 1992.png was introduced in 1985, although the oldest can with that logo is dated 1991. It was most likely introduced 1989. There was an earlier version with the "lymon" symbol over the I, but that had a different font.
 * I could go on, but you get the point.
 * In conclusion, it is generally advisable to be very prudent when it comes to facts, and not put too much guessing into your claims. Väsk 08:45, August 25, 2010 (UTC)

How to get badges!
Just go to Special:Contact then for subject type: Badges then write "Can we have badges on logos.wikia.com"Izzyfan :) <font color="Red">Is that.... a HOBO? <font color="Green">Oh No its not its just Ezekiel... <font color="Blue"> OR IS IT? o.O 23:04, August 24, 2010 (UTC)

Could you please convert the following logo so that it can be viewable on this wiki, and Wikipedia?
The file is Sunrise.svg, but it shows an unwanted black box on the "S" and Red/Blue shapes that make an "S". Thanks. <font face="Verdana" color="#FF0000">L <font face="Verdana" color="#FF8800">D <font face="Verdana" color="#FFFF00">E <font face="Verdana" color="#00FF00">J <font face="Verdana" color="#008800">R <font face="Verdana" color="#0000FF">u <font face="Verdana" color="#000088">f <font face="Verdana" color="#880088">f <font face="Verdana" color="#FF88FF">(<font color="#FF88FF">see what I have contributed ) September 28, 2010, 12:38 (EDT)


 * Done. Väsk 16:47, September 28, 2010 (UTC)

Few quick questions!
ThanksIzzyfan :) <font color="Red">Is that.... a HOBO? <font color="Green">Oh No its not its just Ezekiel... <font color="Blue"> OR IS IT? o.O 22:45, October 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * YOu should add diffrent pictures to "More good articals" cause its been there for 3 months
 * Can I be an admin now? I add sources now AND i have LOTS of edits!
 * We should get a skin change!


 * I've changed some of the articles in the "More good articles" headline in the front page. Hopefully we'll find a way to get more rotation there in the future.


 * We're actually getting a skin change. I'm using the new Wikia skin right now, and it will probably be implemented for all users in November. I think you can switch to the new skin right now by going to Special:Preferences, click "Skin" and choose "New Wiki Look".


 * As I said he last time, 90 percent of admin duties are about keeping track of vandals, and I haven't seen any attempts at this from your side. Also, there isn't really a great need for new admins at this point, as we have close to no real vandalism. I would really have to contact the Wikia staff before I'm confident with handing out admin rights. Väsk 15:44, October 2, 2010 (UTC)

Vask, Howdy! Quick reminder, in case you missed the site notice last week. The Lifestyle category, which includes the wiki you are an admin for, is among the first to test out our new look (read more about the new look)!

You've been added to the beta group where you can access the Theme Designer to prepare your wiki for the change over. Starting tomorrow (October 6,2010) all anonymous viewers of your wiki will see it with the new look. We've created a Transition Guide with tips and best practices in the Community blog or my announcement for Lifestyle admins has even more tips. Please let me know if you have any questions.

Cheers, JeskaD 19:05, October 5, 2010 (UTC)

Best idea EVER!!!!
Ok so me and another user (Webkinzmania) came up with an idea.... We should have a "Favorite logo contest" thing. Were we have topics lik "Baseball" and "Soda" and "CLothing" etc. And people can nominate a logo and people vote! And the winners go on to the main page! We can do it like a "Monthy favorite" thing!Izzyfan :) <font color="Red">Is that.... a HOBO? <font color="Green">Oh No its not its just Ezekiel... <font color="Blue"> OR IS IT? o.O 01:32, October 8, 2010 (UTC)


 * Let me explain the idea a bit better. Over the years, logos changed one to another. Nickelodeon had a big change last fall, Dunkin Donuts had a huge change a while ago. However, this year and starting in about 2004, I begun to lack the creativity and think of the lazyness of how these logos were made. The new ITunes logo is just horrible and Mountain Dew is now mtn dew or logos etc. I would like to make a weekly feature or thing for the Wiki.  This is why I want to have a theme of the week (or then again, you can make it biweekly or monthly if that's a problem) for a couple of articles (maybe someone can make a blog for every new topic/page[s]) and everyone can leave a comment on which is their favorite logo of all time for the weekly topic/page(s). I think the logo image should be included and the years it was there. And if you guys need space for the front page, maybe we can put the winners of the logo up there. It's not a nomination thing or a designing contest or a contest itself, just a fun survey feature asking people what is their favorite logo for a topic/page(s). I hope you take this idea into further consideration. -- <font color="white"  style="background:red">Webkinz Mania <font color="white"  style="background:red"> <font color="white" style="background:red">Talk  01:51, October 8, 2010 (UTC)


 * I don't fully understand what you are proposing, but I also don't see why shouldn't be able to go ahead and set it up. Väsk 08:51, October 8, 2010 (UTC)

I made the blog. I hope you understand the feature a bit more. -- <font color="white" style="background:red">Webkinz Mania <font color="white"  style="background:red"> <font color="white" style="background:red">Talk  11:30, October 8, 2010 (UTC)


 * What you are suggesting seems to be a poll, and sure we can have a poll on our front page. Polls are very easy to create on Wikia, see Help:Polls. Väsk 15:32, October 8, 2010 (UTC)


 * Kinda, I know how to make a poll, but I mean users can vote for their favorite (not just anyone and IPs, since it may be a user who's logged out). -- <font color="white" style="background:red">Webkinz Mania <font color="white"  style="background:red"> <font color="white" style="background:red">Talk  19:13, October 8, 2010 (UTC)

Theme Designer
Hiya!

The main page is looking good with the new Wordmark (logo) at the top. I made a few small tweaks using the Theme Designer to better match the color to the new logo. Take a look and let me know what you think!

Cheers,

JeskaD 19:28, October 11, 2010 (UTC)


 * That logo is just a temporary logo which I put there to replace the generic text. It is a parody of the new and widely ridiculed Gap logo, and is in no way intended to be a permanent logo.


 * I've been giving some thought into what the logo for the site should be now that we have a new skin. I think it is an excellent opportunity to do away with the horrible limegreen color that have plagued us until now. I been tooling around with having more parodies of actual corporate logos like the current one. Here are a few examples:


 * The big problem with this approach is that the site never establishes an identity of its own. It would perhaps also mean constant skin changes.


 * I'm leaning towards having a simple wordmark in a regular font, clear and simple. Perhaps similar to the one we have now minus the blue square.


 * As for the skin, I think it looks nice a works well, with one big exception. The background color for the page body can unfortunately not be anything but white. Many of our logo files are PNGs without transparency, which means that they get ugly borders on other surfaces. Väsk 20:02, October 11, 2010 (UTC)