Commons:Wiki Loves Folk/Logo contest
Wiki Loves Folk is a photo contest organized by Wikimedia Spain that will engage the Wikimedia community and the community at large to work at making pictures of listed festivals and traditions around Spain. 2016 will be the first time that Wiki Loves Folk happens.
Along with its monumental or natural wealth, Spain has a rich and varied folklore worth to value: religious celebrations, festivals, food festivals, folk festivals... In order to make this a success, the logo is important; it will be used on promotional material (leaflets, swag, etc.), on posters to advertise the event, on Commons and other websites and on brochures to present the project.
We need a cool logo that will represent the "serious" spirit of the event, we are talking about an important part of the cultural heritage.
How to participate?[edit]
Who can participate?[edit]
- Anyone can submit a logo
- Voting is opened to the entire Wikimedia community, and happens on Commons, at Commons:Wiki Loves Folk/Logo contest (this page)
Dates and deadlines[edit]
- The logo competition runs from the 10th of December 2015 and the last submissions must be entered before the 31th of January 2016 23:59 UTC.
- Voting starts on the 1th of February 2016 at 0:00 UTC and closes on the 10th of February 2016 at 23:59 UTC.
Rules and guidelines[edit]
- Read the brief above to make sure you know what we're looking for.
- Read the rules below to make sure your logo qualifies
- Comments are welcome and even desired during the whole submission process, so that people can amend/change their logos as required.
Rules
- the submitted logo must be SVG. We suggest using free software programs such as Inkscape
- the submitted logo must be under a suitable free license, like CC-BY, CC-BY-SA or CC-0. Please provide an attribution exception for contest-related usage (eg. WLM logo)
- the submitted logo must be easily usable on promotion material (caps, mugs, buttons, posters, leaflets, etc.) and on many color backgrounds
- the submitted logo does not have to be a derivative of the Wikimedia Community logo, unleash your creativity
- the submitted logo must be recognisable from afar
- the submitted logo should be as "language neutral" as possible. This means for example that text should be rendered in font rather than in vectors to allow for possible translations/adaptations.
- the submitted logo should be as "international" as possible, and speak to the wider community.
- the submitted logo should be time and location neutral
Visual guidelines
- In order to make sure that the logo is suited for our purposes, please keep these rules in mind:
- the submitted logo should have no or very straightforward gradient (gradient is difficult to render on swag)
- the submitted logo should have sharp contours (no messy background, also difficult to render on swag)
- the submitted logo should be easily rendered in black & white and/or grayscale (watch the contrast)
- the submitted logo should be easily scalable (a big-size logo must look as nice as a small-size logo)
How to submit your logo?[edit]
- Upload your logo on Commons in an SVG format and tag it with the category Category:Wiki Loves Folk logo contest.
- Make sure the logo is under CC-BY, CC-BY-SA or CC-0
- List your logo on the designated page in the right format.
Voting rules[edit]
- You can vote for as many submissions as you wish.
- You can, of course, vote for your own submission.
- Please vote with '''{{support}}''' and '''{{oppose}}''' templates to allow for easy counting.
- Voting starts on the 1th of February 2015 at 0:00 UTC and closes on the 10th of February 2016 at 23:59 UTC.
Winner[edit]
- The winner will be the logo with the most votes in favour. In case of a tie, logo with the least oppose votes will win. Should there be again a tie, the WLF teams reserve the right to decide which logo is best suited for our purpose.
Who's behind this initiative of a logo competition?[edit]
Anyone who wants to help is welcome. Please sign up here if you're willing to help run this contest.