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{{nutshell|Wikipedia had a series of logos before the current puzzle ball was created.|shortcut1=WP:WPLOGO|shortcut2=WP:WPLOGOS}}

[[File:Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg|thumb|The current Wikipedia logo, "v2", was unveiled in May 2010]]

'''Wikipedia''' had a series of '''logos''' in its history before arriving at the current puzzle logo.

== The first official logo ==
[[Image:Old wikipedia logo.png|frame|right|The first Wikipedia logo]]

Wikipedia's first true logo was an image that was originally submitted by [[User:Bjornsm|Bjørn Smestad]]<ref>Bjørn Smestad created the first Wikipedia logo according to [http://web.archive.org/web/20000829075100/www.nupedia.com/logoideas.html this archived page of submitted logos from Nupedia site] - as is seen in that page at the bottom ''"Logo ideas posted with permission of their designers. Click on a logo to go to its designer's website."'' Image link in that page is pointing to [http://web.archive.org/web/20001002170233/http://www.hifm.no/~matematikk/ansatte/bjorns/indexeng.htm this archived page]: ''"Assistant Professor Bjørn Smestad"''.</ref> for a [[Nupedia]] logo competition which took place in 2000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Mosca&diff=prev&oldid=291698049|title=User talk:Mosca: Difference between revisions|work=wikipedia.org}}</ref> It continued to be used after this time on Special Pages, such as search results.

The logo included a quote from the [[s:Page:Carroll - Euclid and His Modern Rivals.djvu/14|preface]] of the 1879 book ''[[Euclid and his Modern Rivals]]'' by [[Lewis Carroll]]; due to the [[Fisheye lens|fisheye]] effect, only part of the text can be read:

{{quote|<span style{{=}}"color:gray">In one respect this book is an experiment, and may chance to</span> prove a failure<span style{{=}}"color:gray">: I mean that I have not thought it neces</span>sary to maintain throu<span style{{=}}"color:gray">ghout the gravity of style which</span> scientific writers usually <span style{{=}}"color:gray">affect, and which has somehow</span> come to be regarded as an <span style{{=}}"color:gray">‘inseparable accident’ of scie</span>ntific teaching. I never co<span style{{=}}"color:gray">uld quite see the reasonab</span>leness of this immemorial law: <span style{{=}}"color:gray">subjects there are, no do</span>ubt, which are in their essence <span style{{=}}"color:gray">too serious to admit of any</span> lightness of treatment&nbsp;– but <span style{{=}}"color:gray">I cannot recognise Geome</span>try as one of them. Neverthe<span style{{=}}"color:gray">less it will, I trust, be fou</span>nd that I have permitted my<span style{{=}}"color:gray">self a glimpse of the comic side</span> of things only at fitting sea<span style{{=}}"color:gray">sons, when the tired reader might well</span> crave a moment’s<span style{{=}}"color:gray"> breathing-space, and not on any occasion where it could endanger the continuity of the line of argument.</span>}}

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== The second logo ==
[[Image:Wiki logo The Cunctator.png|frame|The second Wikipedia logo]]

In November 2001, Wikipedians began [[m:Logo suggestions|suggesting new logos]]. A [[m:Logo suggestions/Leading candidates|short list of 24 leading candidates]] was chosen in the first Wikipedia logo contest, which took place from November to December 2001. The winner was the last logo (#24), contributed by [[User:The Cunctator|The Cunctator]].

The logo included the following quote, taken from [[Thomas Hobbes]]'s 1651 book ''[[Leviathan (Hobbes book)|Leviathan]]'', [[s:Leviathan/The First Part#Chapter VI: Of the Interior Beginnings of Voluntary Motions, Commonly Called the Passions; and the Speeches by Which They Are Expressed|Part I, Chapter VI]]:

{{quote|<span style{{=}}"color:gray">Desire to know why, and how, curiosity; such as is in no living creature but man: so that</span> man is distinguished, not only by his reason, but also by this singular passion from other animals; <span style{{=}}"color:gray">in whom the appetite of food, and other pleasures of sense, by predominance, take away the care of knowing causes;</span> which is a lust of the mind, that by a perseverance of delight in the continual and indefatigable generation of knowledge, exceedeth the short vehemence of any carnal pleasure.}}

=== International adaptations ===

Because of its English text, this logo was not ideal for the Wikipedias in other languages. Some wikis chose a similar design with text in their own languages (e.g. the [http://web.archive.org/web/20030808163344/http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoofdpagina Dutch Wikipedia] that used a text from the classic book ''[[Max Havelaar]]''). Others used the English logo but added the color of a national flag (most of the [[Nordic countries|Nordic]] language projects, [http://web.archive.org/web/20030806155725/http://da.wikipedia.org/ Danish], for example) or simply a translation of "The Free Encyclopedia" (e.g. [http://web.archive.org/web/20030207045437/http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hauptseite German]). Still others designed a completely different logo (e.g. the [http://web.archive.org/web/20030207041333/http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/HomePage French Wikipedia]).

== The third logo (the puzzle ball) ==

=== The international contest ===

[[Image:Paullusmagnus-logo (large).png|thumb|left|[[User:Paul Stansifer|Paul Stansifer]]'s contest-winning puzzle globe logo]]

Following a [[mailarchive:wikipedia-l/2003-June/010590.html|suggestion]] by [[User:Eloquence|Erik Möller]], an [[meta:International logo contest|International logo contest]] was conducted to find a new logo that was suitable for all languages. After a two-stage vote, a design by [[User:Paul Stansifer|Paul Stansifer]] (at the time known as [[user:Paullusmagnus|Paullusmagnus]]) won with considerable support. The [[English Wikipedia]] switched to it on September 26, 2003.

Stansifer's logo depicted a puzzle globe constructed of puzzle pieces, of multiple colors. Covered by text with links, the logo was to symbolize the continuous construction and development of the project. The logo was made in [[POV-Ray]], using a [[meta:file:Paullusmagnus-logo (surface of sphere).png|puzzle image]] wrapped around a sphere. The <code>.pov</code> file is available [[meta:file:Paullusmagnus-logo (POV-Ray scene).pov|here]].

=== The variants ===
[[File:Nohat-wiki-logo.png|thumb|David Friedland's "silver ball" logo.]]
[[File:IBM_Selectric_typeball.jpg|thumb|right|150px|[[Typeball]] of an [[IBM Selectric]] electric typewriter.]]
A ratification vote was held soon after, to confirm community consensus. As a result, [[meta:International logo contest/Final logo variants|twelve direct adaptations]] of the design were created by members of the community.

One of David Friedland's ([[user:Nohat|Nohat]]) [[meta:Final logo variants/Nohat|modifications]], occasionally referred to as the "silver ball", was soon chosen. The revision of Stansifer's concept removed the color and changed the overlaid text into one letter or symbol per puzzle piece. Both Friedland and Stansifer have assigned copyrights to the logo to the [[Wikimedia Foundation]].

Whilst symbolizing a globe the new logo also loosely resembled a [[typeball]] as used in some [[electric typewriter]]s, a former metaphor for the liberation of the process of professional writing.

=== The finalized logo ===
{{Main|Wikipedia logo}}
[[File:Old version of the Wikipedia logo used until 2010 (big, English).png|thumb|The third Wikipedia logo, with a caption in [[Hoefler Text]] [[Small caps]].]]

There was some controversy over switching the English Wikipedia to this logo for several reasons, one of which was the fact Wikipedia's servers were flickering throughout most of the process.

Before being released to all Wikipedias, the logo was lightened up slightly.

After the [[Wikipedia Seigenthaler biography incident|John Seigenthaler, Sr. Wikipedia biography controversy]], a column in ''[[The Times]]''<ref>{{cite news |last = Righter |first = Rosemary |title = Unreliable (adj): log on and see |date = 9 December 2005 |publisher = Times Online |url = http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3284-1916781,00.html }}</ref> insinuated the logo as being a metaphor for the entire project. [[Rosemary Righter]] wrote "Just above the omega, at the point where, on human heads, they used to perform frontal lobotomies, bits of the jigsaw are missing."

==== Alphabets represented in the logo ====

[[File:Wikipedia logo -Simbols (bis).png|thumb|The symbols in the Wikipedia logo, without the background.]]

The puzzle logo includes 16 letters from 16 different alphabets, many of which—but not all—represent a letter from that alphabet that most closely resembles the English "W", as in "Wikipedia". The alphabets represented are as follows:

{| class="wikitable" style="background:white;"
|align=center| [[File:Code2000 Armenian ini.svg|50x50px]]<br /><!--
  -->[[Armenian alphabet|Armenian]] ''[[wikt:Ի|ini]]'' <br /><!--
  -->(Ի)
| {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}}
|----
|align=center| [[File:Code2000 Khmer lo.svg|50x50px]]<br /><!--
  -->[[Khmer script|Khmer]] ''lô'' <br /><!--
  -->(ល)
| {{n/a}}
|align=center| [[File:Code2000 Japanese wa+i.svg|50x50px]]<br /><!--
  -->Japanese [[Katakana]] ''wa'' + ''small i''<br /><!--
  -->(ワィ)<ref name="japanese"/>
|align=center| [[File:Code2000 Klingon r.svg|50x50px]]<br /><!--
  -->[[Klingon alphabet|Klingon]] ''r'' <br /><!--
  -->(<span style="font-family:pIqaD, Code2000">{{PUA|}}</span>)<ref name="klingon"/>
|----
|align=center| [[File:Tibetan wa + (i).svg|50x50px]]<br /><!--
  -->[[Tibetan alphabet|Tibetan]] ''wa'' + ''i'' <br /><!--
  -->(ཝི)
|align=center| [[File:Code2000 Greek omega.svg|50x50px]]<br /><!--
  -->[[Greek alphabet|Greek]] ''omega'' or ''omega+[[Spiritus lenis|tonos]]'' <br /><!--
  -->(Ω or Ώ)
|align=center| [[File:Wikipedia's W.svg|50x50px]]<br /><!--
  -->[[Latin alphabet|Latin]] ''W'' <br /><!--
  -->(&#x0057;)
|align=center| [[File:Code2000 Arabic yeh.svg|50x50px]]<br /><!--
  -->[[Arabic alphabet|Arabic]] ''[[Yodh#Arabic yāʼ|yeh]]''<br /><!--
  -->(ي)
|----
|align=center| [[File:Code2000 Devanagari va+i.svg|50x50px]]<br /><!--
  -->[[Devanagari script|Devanagari]] ''va'' + ''i'' <br /><!--
  -->(वि)<ref name="devanagari"/>
|align=center| [[File:Code2000 Chinese radical 145+5.svg|50x50px]]<br /><!--
  -->[[Chinese writing|Chinese]] [[wikt:袓|radical 145 (衣/衤)+5 more strokes in 且]]<br /><!--
  -->(袓)
|align=center| [[File:Code2000 Cyrillic i.svg|50x50px]]<br /><!--
  -->[[I (Cyrillic)|Cyrillic I]] or [[Short I]]<br /><!--
  -->(И or Й)<ref name="cyrillic"/>
|align=center| [[File:Hangul wi.svg|50x50px]]<br /><!--
  -->Korean [[Hangul]] ''wi''<br /><!--
  -->(위)
|----
|align=center| [[File:Code2000 Mongolian Todo I.svg|50x50px]]<br /><!--
  -->[[Mongolian script#Mongolian in Unicode|Mongolian]] ''Todo I'' (rotated 90 degrees)<br /><!--
  -->(ᡅ)
|align=center| [[File:Code2000 Kannada va+i.svg|50x50px]]<br /><!--
  -->[[Kannada script|Kannada]] ''va'' + ''i''<br /><!--
  -->(ವಿ)<ref name="kannada"/>
|align=center| [[File:Code2000 Hebrew resh.svg|50x50px]]<br /><!--
  -->[[Hebrew alphabet|Hebrew]] ''[[resh]]''<br /><!--
  -->(ר)
|align=center| [[File:Code2000 Thai cho ching.svg|50x50px]]<br /><!--
  -->[[Thai script|Thai]] ''cho ching''<br /><!--
  -->(ฉ)
|}

There have, over the years, been suggestions that some of these characters should be changed to reflect the actual spellings of "Wikipedia" in various languages.<ref>[[m:Talk:Errors in the Wikipedia logo]]</ref>

=== The May 2010 redesign ===

[[File:Wikipedia-logo-v2-en.svg|thumb|The current logo with the new typeface, [[Linux Libertine]].]]

In late 2009, the Wikimedia Foundation undertook to fix some errors that had been noted in the design of the puzzle globe. In particular, it did not scale well and some letters appeared distorted.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.underconsideration.com/brandnew/archives/around_the_world_in_51_characters.php|title=Brand New: Around the World in 51 Characters|author=UnderConsideration LLC|work=underconsideration.com}}</ref> For the new logo, the Wikimedia Foundation defined which characters appear on the "hidden" puzzle pieces, and had a three-dimensional computer model of the globe created to allow the generation of other views.

The new logo was unveiled in May 2010. It is commonly referred to as "v2" or "2.0", since it represents the second (official) version of the puzzle globe logo to be adopted. It features the new 3D rendering of the puzzle globe, with corrected characters (and the [[Klingon language|Klingon]] character replaced by a [[Ge'ez script|Geʿez]] character).  The [[wordmark]] has been modified from the [[Hoefler Text]] font to the open-source [[Linux Libertine]] font, and the subtitle is no longer italicized. The only error is that the Khmer letter "vo+i" is lying on its side instead of being straight. It is most likely that this error will not be fixed.

The [http://blog.wikimedia.org/2010/05/13/wikipedia-in-3d/ Wikimedia blog] has more information on the unveiling, and the [[:foundation:Wikimedia official marks/About the official Marks|WMF Wiki]] has more detailed information on the new logo.

==== The characters of the v2 logo ====

{| class="wikitable" style="border:none;"
|-
| align="center" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;border:none;height:100px;" colspan=4|
| {{N/A|style=background:white;}}
| {{N/A|style=background:white;}}
| {{N/A|style=background:white;}}
| align="center" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;border:none;" colspan=3|
|-
| align="center" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;border:none;height:100px;" colspan=4|
| {{N/A|style=background:white;}}
| {{N/A|style=background:white;}}
| {{N/A|style=background:white;}}
| align="center" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;border:none;" colspan=3|
|-
| {{N/A|style=background:white;}}
| {{N/A|style=background:white;}}
| {{N/A|style=background:white;}}
| {{N/A|style=background:white;}}
| align="center" |[[Image:Վ.svg|60px]]<br /><small>[[Armenian alphabet|Armenian]] ''vev''</small><br />(Վ)
| {{N/A|style=background:white;}}
| {{N/A|style=background:white;}}
| {{N/A|style=background:white;}}
| {{N/A|style=background:white;}}
| {{N/A|style=background:white;}}
|-
| {{N/A|style=background:white;}}
| {{N/A|style=background:white;}}
| {{N/A|style=background:white;}}
| align="center" style="background-color:#EAEAEA;"| [[Image:Telugu va + (i).svg|60px]]<br /><small>[[Telugu script|Telugu]] ''va'' + ''(i)''</small><br />(వి)
| align="center"|[[Image:Khmer vo+i.svg|60px]]<br /><small>[[Khmer script|Khmer]] ''vo'' + ''i''</small><br />(វិ)
| {{N/A|style=background:white;}}
| align="center" |[[Image:Katakana u and small i serif 1.svg|60px]]<br /><small>[[Katakana]] ''u'' + ''small i''</small><br />(ウィ)
| align="center" |[[Image:ው.svg|60px]]<br /><small>[[Ge'ez script|Gəʿəz]] ''wə''</small><br />(ው)
| {{N/A|style=background:white;}}
| {{N/A|style=background:white;}}
|-
| align="center" style="background-color:#EAEAEA;"| [[Image:Javanese wa + i.svg|60px]]<br /><small>[[Javanese script|Javanese]] ''wa'' + ''i''</small><br />({{jav|ꦮꦶ}})
| align="center" style="background-color:#EAEAEA;"| [[Image:Gujarati va + i.svg|60px]]<br /><small>[[Gujarati script|Gujarati]] ''va'' + ''i''</small><br />(વિ)
| align="center" style="background-color:#EAEAEA;"| [[Image:Gothic winja.svg|60px]]<br /><small>[[Gothic alphabet|Gothic]] ''vinja''</small><br />(𐍅)
| align="center" style="background-color:#EAEAEA;"| [[Image:Hoeffler É.svg|60px]]<br /><small>[[Latin alphabet|Latin]] ''E-acute''</small><br />([[É]])
| align="center" |[[Image:Bengali rhoshsho u.svg|60px]]<br /><small>[[Bengali script|Bengali]] ''short u''</small><br />(উ)
| align="center" | [[Image:Greek uc Omega.svg|60px]]<br /><small>[[Greek alphabet|Greek]] ''omega''</small><br />([[Ω]])
| align="center" |[[Image:Wikipedia's W.svg|60px]]<br /><small>[[Latin alphabet|Latin]] ''W''</small><br />([[W]])
| align="center" |[[Image:و.svg|60px]]<br /><small>[[Arabic alphabet|Arabic]] ''wāw''</small><br />([[و]])
| align="center" style="background-color:#EAEAEA;"| [[Image:Gurmukhi vava + sihari.svg|60px]]<br /><small>[[Gurmukhī script|Gurmukhī]] ''vava'' + ''sihari''</small><br />(ਵਿ)
| align="center" style="background-color:#EAEAEA;"| [[Image:Cyrillic Я.svg|60px|the last LETTER of most [[Wikipedia]]s using the [[Cyrillic Alphabet]] [citation needed] ]]<br /><small>[[Cyrillic alphabet|Cyrillic]] ''ya''</small><br />([[Я]])
|-
| align="center" style="background-color:#EAEAEA;"| [[Image:Syriac waw.svg|60px]]<br /><small>[[Syriac script|Syriac]] ''wāw''</small><br />(ܘ)
| align="center" style="background-color:#EAEAEA;"| [[Image:Lontara w + i.svg|60px]]<br /><small>[[Lontara script|Lontara]] ''w'' + ''i''</small><br />({{script|Bugi|ᨓᨗ}})
| align="center" style="background-color:#EAEAEA;"| [[Image:Odia character ଉ.svg|60px]]<br /><small>[[Oriya script|Oriya]] ''U''</small><br />(ଉ)
| align="center" style="background-color:#EAEAEA;"| [[Image:Burmese v + i.svg|60px]]<br /><small>[[Burmese script]] ''v'' + ''i''</small><br />({{lang|my|ဝီ}})
| align="center" |[[Image:वि.svg|60px]]<br /><small>[[Devanagari]] ''va'' + ''i''</small><br />(वि)
| align="center" |[[Image:維 GungSeo.svg|60px]]<br /><small>[[Traditional Chinese|Traditional]] [[Chinese character|Chinese]]</small><br />(維)
| align="center" |[[Image:Cyrillic И.svg|60px]]<br /><small>[[Cyrillic alphabet|Cyrillic]] ''i''</small><br />([[И]])
| align="center" |[[Image:Hangul wi serif.svg|60px]]<br /><small>[[Hangul|Hangul/Chosongul]] ''wi''</small><br />(위)
| align="center" style="background-color:#EAEAEA;"| [[Image:Tāna vaavu + vowel i.svg|60px]]<br /><small>[[Tāna]] ''vaavu'' + ''(i)''</small><br />(ވި)
| align="center" style="background-color:#EAEAEA;"| [[Image:Laotian w + i.svg|60px]]<br /><small>[[Lao script|Laotian]] ''w'' + ''i''</small><br />(ວິ)
|-
| align="center" style="background-color:#EAEAEA;"| [[Image:Cyrillic В.svg|60px]]<br /><small>[[Cyrillic alphabet|Cyrillic]] ''ve''</small><br />([[В]])
| align="center" style="background-color:#EAEAEA;"| [[Image:Glagolitic vede.svg|60px]]<br /><small>[[Glagolitic alphabet|Glagolitic]] ''vědě''</small><br />(Ⰲ)
| align="center" style="background-color:#EAEAEA;"| [[Image:Malayalam va + short i.svg|60px]]<br /><small>[[Malayalam script|Malayalam]] ''va'' + ''short i''</small><br />(വി)
| align="center" style="background-color:#EAEAEA;"| [[Image:Inuktitut u.svg|60px]]<br /><small>[[Inuktitut syllabics|Inuktitut]] ''short u''</small><br />(ᐅ)
| align="center" |[[Image:Georgian_ვ.svg|60px]]<br /><small>[[Georgian alphabet|Georgian]] ''vin''</small><br />([[ვ]])
| align="center" |[[Image:Kannada va + (i).svg|60px]]<br /><small>[[Kannada script|Kannada]] ''va'' + ''(i)''</small><br />(ವಿ)
| align="center" |[[Image:Hebrew vav.svg|60px]]<br /><small>[[Hebrew alphabet|Hebrew]] ''vav''</small><br />(ו)
| align="center" |[[Image:Thai wo waen.svg|60px]]<br /><small>[[Thai script|Thai]] ''wo waen'' + ''sara i''</small> <br />(วิ)
| align="center" style="background-color:#EAEAEA;"| [[Image:Hoeffler H.svg|60px|used in Nahuatl wikipedia]]<br /><small>[[Latin alphabet|Latin]] ''H''</small><br />([[H]])
| align="center" style="background-color:#EAEAEA;"| [[Image:Cyrillic У.svg|60px]]<br /><small>[[Cyrillic alphabet|Cyrillic]] ''u''</small><br />(У)
|-
| align="center" style="background-color:#EAEAEA;"| [[Image:Baybayin script tagalog wi.svg|60px|Tagalog wi]]<br /><small>[[Tagalog language|Tagalog]] [[Baybayin script|Baybayin]] ''wi''</small><br />(ᜏᜒ)
| align="center" style="background-color:#EAEAEA;"| [[Image:Hoeffler U.svg|60px]]<br /><small>[[Latin alphabet|Latin]] ''U''</small><br />([[U]])
| align="center" style="background-color:#EAEAEA;"| [[Image:Mongolian wa.svg|60px]]<br /><small>[[Mongolian script|Mongolian]] ''wa''</small><br />(ᠸ)
| align="center" style="background-color:#EAEAEA;"| [[Image:Limbu wa + i.svg|60px|Limbu wi]]<br /><small>[[Limbu script|Limbu]] ''wa'' + ''i''</small><br />(ᤘᤡ)
| align="center" style="background-color:#EAEAEA;"| [[Image:Cherokee wi.svg|60px]]<br /><small>[[Cherokee syllabary|Cherokee]] ''wi''</small><br />(Ꮻ)
| align="center"|[[Image:Tibetan wa + (i).svg|60px]]<br /><small>[[Tibetan script|Tibetan]] ''wa'' + ''(i)''</small><br />(ཝི)
| align="center"|[[Image:Tamil va + (i).svg|60px]]<br /><small>[[Tamil script|Tamil]] ''va'' + ''(i)''</small><br />(வி)
| align="center" style="background-color:#EAEAEA;"| [[Image:Sinhala va + i.svg|60px]]<br /><small>[[Sinhala script|Sinhala]] ''va'' + ''i''</small><br />(වි)
| align="center" style="background-color:#EAEAEA;"| [[Image:Hoeffler Ä.svg|60px]]<br /><small>[[Latin alphabet|Latin]] ''A-umlaut''</small><br />([[Ä]])
| align="center" style="background-color:#EAEAEA;"| [[Image:Classical 典.svg|60px]]<br /><small>[[Chinese characters|Chinese character]]</small><br />(典)
|-
| align="center" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;border:none;" colspan=4|
| align="center" style="background-color:#EAEAEA;"| [[Image:Tai Le wa.svg|60px|Tai Le wa]]<br /><small>[[Tai Nüa language#Writing_system|Tai Nüa]] ''wa''</small><br />(ᥝ)
| align="center" style="background-color:#EAEAEA;"| [[Image:Hoeffler V.svg|60px]]<br /><small>[[Latin alphabet|Latin]] ''V''</small><br />([[V]])
| align="center" style="background-color:#EAEAEA;"| [[Image:Cyrillic Д.svg|60px]]<br /><small>[[Cyrillic alphabet|Cyrillic]] ''de''</small><br />([[Д]])
| align="center" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;border:none;" colspan=3|
|-

| align="center" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;border:none;" colspan=4|
| align="center" style="background-color:#EAEAEA;"| [[Image:Greek pi.svg|60px]]<br /><small>[[Greek alphabet|Greek]] ''pi''</small><br />(Π)
| align="center" style="background-color:#EAEAEA;"| [[Image:Arabic yodh aleph.svg|60px]]<br /><small>[[Arabic alphabet|Arabic]] ''yāʾ'' + ''ʾalif''</small><br />(يا)
| align="center" style="background-color:#EAEAEA;"| [[Image:Hoeffler İ.svg|60px]]<br /><small>[[Latin alphabet|Latin]] ''dotted I''</small><br />(İ)
| align="center" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;border:none;" colspan=3|
|}

== Anniversary logos ==

=== 10th anniversary logo ===

[[File:English Wikipedia tenth anniversary logo.png|thumb|200px|Tenth anniversary logo, which replaced the puzzle ball logo across Wikipedia on January 15, 2011.]]  
On January 15, 2011, a special logo replaced the standard globe in order to mark the tenth anniversary of Wikipedia's founding. The logo depicts a single jigsaw piece, representing the addition of another piece to the puzzle.

=== 20th anniversary logo ===
[[File:WP20_EnWiki20_Logo_BillionEdits.svg|thumb|150px|left|Twentieth anniversary logo]]
On January 14, 2021, a 4-sectioned logo was used instead of the puzzle globe, in order to mark the 20th anniversary of Wikipedia. The 4 sections depict, from top-to-bottom, left-to-right:

Yellow background, a woman reading a book with the "W" on it, signifying Wikipedia.
Blue background, a computer showing a blue screen with a "W" on it, signifying Wikipedia.
Red background, a phone showing a blue screen with a "W" on it, signifying Wikipedia.
Finally, on green background, the normal Wikipedia globe, in blue, but with most letters aside from the "W" being replaced with various other objects and symbols.

Some users complained about the visual notoriety of the logo which was found to be striking in contrast to the remainder of the Wikipedia site.

On the Czech Wikipedia, a different "cake" logo is shown, with 2, W, O, stuck in the cake.

=== 20th anniversary second logo ===
[[File:WP20 EnWiki20 SimplifiedLogo BillionEdits.svg|thumb|150px|right|Second, less intrusive logo used for Wikipedia's twentieth anniversary]]
On January 22, 2021, the previous 20th anniversary logo was replaced with a less striking version, consisting of the normative Wikipedia globe above the text "20 years of Wikipedia - Over One Billion Edits".

== 3D versions ==
[[File:Wikipedia logo puzzle globe spins horizontally and vertically, revealing the contents of all of its puzzle pieces (4K resolution) (VP9).webm|thumb|3D Wikipedia puzzle ball rotating along its axes ([[:File:Wikipedia logo puzzle globe spins horizontally and vertically, revealing the contents of all of its puzzle pieces.gif|GIF version]])]]

The first two versions of the logo were made to resemble a globe by the use of the [[Fisheye lens|fish-eye effect]].

The third version (puzzle ball logo) was made in [[POV-Ray]], a [[Ray tracing (graphics)|ray tracing]] program which generates 2D images from a 3D scene description. The [[meta:file:Paullusmagnus-logo (POV-Ray scene).pov|original 3D scene]] consisted of a sphere on which a [[meta:file:Paullusmagnus-logo (surface of sphere).png|puzzle image]] was projected, as described [[m:Image talk:Paullusmagnus-logo (small).png#Source files|here]]. Nohat's version introduced a [[bump map]] to the setup, to provide 3D [[relief]] and simulate separate puzzle pieces.

Truly [[3D model|tridimensional models]] have been created in a few variations. One provides each puzzle piece sculpted independently, to allow alternative renderings; Files are available on GitHub [https://github.com/slashme/WikipediaGlobeAnimation in an animated version] and [https://github.com/slashme/WikipediaGlobePrintable a 3D printable version]. Additional 3D printable versions are available in [[commons:Category:STL official Wikimedia logos]].

See also the thread [[mailarchive:foundation-l/2008-July/044760.html|What is on the back of the logo?]] at the foundation-l mailing list.

==== Physical versions ====
<gallery>
File:Wikipedia globe at Lake Sevan 14.jpg|A concrete version of the logo being lowered into [[Lake Sevan]] in Armenia to create an [[artificial reef]]
Image:Wikimania 2007 puzzle ball.jpg|Puzzle ball distributed to [[Wikimania 2007]] attendees
Image:10 sharing book cover background.jpg|A 3D printed globe
</gallery>

A very large puzzle globe, dubbed the [[commons:Category:Wikimania 2007 Wikiball|Wikiball]], featured in [[Wikimania 2007]], depicted an approximation of the Wikipedia logo. A smaller version was distributed to the participants. The large ball was dismantled after the closing ceremony, and many participants kept a piece or more of the puzzle.

In 2017, a concrete version of the logo was submerged in [[Lake Sevan]] to create an [[artificial reef]].<ref name="MetaReef">{{cite web |title=CEE/Newsletter/October 2017/Full - Meta |url=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CEE/Newsletter/October_2017/Full#Armenia_report:_First_artificial_wiki-reef_is_in_the_Lake_Sevan,_Armenia |website=meta.wikimedia.org |accessdate=22 April 2020 |language=en}}</ref>

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== See also ==

* [[Wikipedia logo]]
* [[commons:Category:Characters in the Wikipedia logo]]
* [[meta:Logo history]]
* [[meta:Errors in the Wikipedia logo]]
* [[meta:Logos]]
* [[User talk:Nohat/archive_2005-02-22#Logo]]
* [[Wikipedia:Banners and buttons]]
* [[Wikipedia:Slogans]]
* [[List of writing systems]]
* [[Wikipedia:Logos|Content guideline: using logos on Wikipedia]]

== Notes and references ==

<references>
<ref name="klingon">This character is in the [[Private Use Area]] area of [[Unicode]] and may not display without the correct fonts. It is registered in the [[ConScript Unicode Registry]], thus fonts which follow the CSUR should function correctly.</ref>
<ref name="japanese">Apparently a typing error for ''u'' & small ''i'' (&#x30A6;&#x30A3;). This should be {{lang|ja|ウィ}}(pronounced as ''wi''): {{lang|ja|ウ}}(''u'') and {{lang|ja|ワ}}(''wa'') are different letters. {{lang|ja|ヰ}} in David Friedland's puzzle ball logo is an old Japanese [[Kana]] character pronounced as ''wi'', but this letter is not used now. See also: [[commons:Category:Japanese character for Wikipedia logo]]</ref>
<ref name="cyrillic">Given as ''capital i'' ([[I (Cyrillic)|&#x0418;]]) in some logos; see {{ql|User talk:Nohat|qs=diff=prev&oldid=1578481}} for more information.</ref>
<ref name="devanagari">Due to a formatting error, the characters are reversed on the globe image, showing as (&#x0935;&#x200B;&#x093F;).  There are problems with this in some web browsers as well.</ref>
<ref name="kannada">This is a Kannada va with a i diacritic vowel on top. The diacritic was attached to the wrong place by the font used. It should have been rendered as {{lang|kn|ವಿ}}. See http://bachodi.wordpress.com/2007/06/30/a-typo-in-wikipedia-logo-fractures-the-kannada-too/</ref>
</references>

== External links ==

{{commonscat|Wikipedia logos|Wikipedia logos}}
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/25/technology/25wikipedia.html?scp=1&sq=wikipedia+logo&st=nyt&_r=0 Some Errors Defy Fixes: A Typo in Wikipedia’s Logo Fractures the Sanskrit] — June 25, 2007. ''[[The New York Times]]''.

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