User:Durova/Logo poll

Wikipedia's fearless Arbitration Committee has implemented an important change without ahem community input. Whatever would the change be? Their logo has no consensus at all.

Leave it to a media editor to uncover such a thing. Fortunately I have also prepared a set of alternative proposals. What follows is a straw poll between the original design and three alternatives. Cheers and happy voting.

Support

 * 1) Best one we've got so far. –blurpeace (talk) 00:24, 20 December 2009 (UTC)

Oppose

 * 1) This one is mildly phallic.  It also reminds me of a pawn shop icon. Jehochman Make my day 17:29, 21 December 2009 (UTC)
 * 2) What does this mean? Perfect balance and stability? Seems contrary to what goes on here and the mission. ChildofMidnight (talk) 06:02, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

Support

 * 1) Fabulous.  IShadowed  ✰  00:22, 20 December 2009 (UTC)

Oppose

 * 1) Kudos for honesty, but impractical as an icon. Jehochman Make my day 17:32, 21 December 2009 (UTC)
 * 2) Suggests foul play which is accurate in some quarters here, but perhaps not ideal as an aspirational emblem. ChildofMidnight (talk) 06:03, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

Oppose

 * 1) Illegible at icon sizes. Jehochman Make my day 17:32, 21 December 2009 (UTC)

Support

 * 1) (Will ponder quip worthy of being on this page. :-) Proofreader77 (talk) 23:51, 19 December 2009 (UTC)
 * 2) Support: This will discourage the "monkey see, monkey do" attitude of many Wikipedians, because all the monkeys will be trying to work out how to get the bananas out of the magic box. Den dodge  T\C 00:25, 20 December 2009 (UTC)
 * 3) LOL --Caspian blue 09:53, 20 December 2009 (UTC)
 * 4) Going bananas is fun... but perhaps an ArbCom logo really ought to have apples and oranges on the sides of its scale to represent attempts to compare them. *Dan T.* (talk) 19:55, 20 December 2009 (UTC)
 * 5) Although the pile of bananas should be much larger. Beeblebrox (talk) 04:35, 19 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Hear hear! :-) Proofreader77 (interact) 04:42, 19 January 2010 (UTC)
 * 1) This one is good except for the caption. I prefer a dadaesque captionless draw your own conclusion approach. The bananas look like they might be slightly weightier, is that an optical illusion? I think they should be in perfect balance. Also I should note that I thought this was a logo to represent all of Wikipedia and judgment not just arbcom. I don't think such narrow usage is wise, especially since there are no monkeys involed. Shouldn't this be used to update the Wikipedia logo itself? ChildofMidnight (talk) 06:03, 24 January 2010 (UTC)
 * 2) -shudders- Bananas are my enemy IRL. :p Bejinhan  Talk   07:07, 24 February 2010 (UTC)
 * 3) This one is simply excellent except for the caption per CoM. I prefer a new one: "Our choice is clear: Make good judgements for Wikipedia or turn it into a Banana Republic. Our choice" Dr.K. λogos πraxis 14:36, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

Oppose

 * 1) Just so this doesn't seriously get picked as it currently has the plurality. --Cyber cobra  (talk) 10:12, 20 December 2009 (UTC)
 * 2) It seems to suggest we should contrast Wikipedia to the efforts of an infinite number of monkeys while some evidence suggests that Wikipedia could be identified with their efforts. SteveMcCluskey (talk) 20:38, 20 December 2009 (UTC)
 * 3) Even more phallic. Jehochman Make my day 17:31, 21 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Geez, you say that as if that were a bad thing. :)  bibliomaniac 1  5  07:40, 23 December 2009 (UTC)

Query

 * 1) What is the significance of the bunch of bananas? Does it refer to "Yellow, bent, and all stick together"? David Tombe (talk) 12:25, 26 February 2010 (UTC)

Support

 * 1) Already used on User wikipedia/Arbitration Committee (the above userbox). Not perfect, but better than the above at least. --Cyber cobra  (talk) 02:04, 20 December 2009 (UTC)
 * 2) I didn't even know it was a mark of ArbCom when i put it in my signature. As stated, it is already in use and recognised by any user, such as myself, who comes across the above said UBX. delirious  &amp; lost  ☯ ~hugs~  23:14, 20 December 2009 (UTC)

Oppose

 * 1) "Just so this doesn't seriously get picked." ;-) Proofreader77 (talk) 10:14, 20 December 2009 (UTC)
 * 2) Meh. Jehochman Make my day 17:33, 21 December 2009 (UTC)
 * 3) Ugh. No to yoga, stretching, and zen philosophy as well. Donuts and bacon yes. ChildofMidnight (talk) 06:06, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

Support

 * 1) This is such a silly page.  MBisanz  talk 05:33, 20 December 2009 (UTC)
 * 2) FEZ. ( X! ·  talk )  · @676  · 15:13, 20 December 2009 (UTC)
 * 3) Win. Aditya Ex Machina 17:55, 20 December 2009 (UTC)
 * 4) Moar FEZ! Jehochman Make my day 17:30, 21 December 2009 (UTC)

Oppose

 * 1) Negatory. Why? A dunce cap maybe, but a fez? ChildofMidnight (talk) 06:11, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

Alternate 6 (needs compositing?/proportioning?)
This one is inspired by Durova's recent commentary at Arbcom :) ... and my upcoming case(?) lol Proofreader77 (talk) 13:19, 24 December 2009 (UTC)

Oppose
Too complicated and disjointed. ChildofMidnight (talk) 06:13, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

Support

 * 1) There is a reason why she is blind folded, its so we can not see the tears she weeps for our stupidity and insistence on demonstrating our ability to entrench and fight over the dumbest things imaginable. If the committee needs a new logo then they should simply abolish their current one and do without a replacement, for in the end such a position would illustrate their enlightenment: there is no simple solution in any arbitration case that provides absolute justice for all sides; its just a matter of opinions - such as those reflected in logo - that end arbitration in favor of one party or the other. TomStar81 (Talk) 09:28, 26 December 2009 (UTC)
 * 2) When I last checked, a bunch of intelligent people do not need to operate under a pretty picture to do their job. Should it be decided that it is imperative that they have one, then, being the most absurd, has my support. AGK 01:51, 26 February 2010 (UTC)

Oppose

 * 1) Voting by secret ballot is the key to democracy, and democracy is the strongest pillar of Wikipedia... um, wait, what? lol Well, anyway, polls were created by God to make sure that if most Americans want a public option for health care, they shall have it! .. um, wait ... Well, anyway, I like polls. Obviously. lol Proofreader77 (talk)
 * No, they are merely misunderstood - or is that discounted? LessHeard vanU (talk) 21:40, 27 December 2009 (UTC)

Support

 * 1) Suggesting throwing a banana at Durova for thinking up something so idle. Res</b> Mar 04:27, 20 December 2009 (UTC)
 * 2) Per Resident Mario, excellent idea. :) Durova 386 05:23, 20 December 2009 (UTC)
 * 3) I move that ArbCom's logo be selected the same way cases are conducted: let's ask Wikipedia's most disruptive editors to argue about the different designs for two months and then get the arbitrators to sift through the mess, pick out the sensible posts and block the editors who have the worst artistic taste. Nick-D (talk) 10:07, 26 December 2009 (UTC)

Oppose

 * 1) It's Durova who is evil... but she could always get her flying monkeys, to throw bananas at her. --<small style="color:#999;white-space:nowrap;text-shadow:lightgrey 0.3em 0.3em 0.15em;"><big style="color:#ffa439">Coffee // <font color="#090">have a cup  //  flagged revs now!  // 10:52, 20 December 2009 (UTC)