Logos & their meaning

What is a logo.?
• Graphical representation of an
identity.
• It is composed of a symbol,
illustration and typography.
 Wikipedia…..
• Wikipedia is a multilingual, web-based,
encyclopedia project operated by the not-for-
profit Wikimedia Foundation. Many language
versions of Wikipedia are free content, while
others, such as the English version, include
non-free material.
Continued…
• Wikipedia's articles have been written
collaboratively by volunteers around the world
and the vast majority of them can be edited
by anyone with access to the Internet. Steadily
rising in popularity since its inception, it
currently ranks among the top ten most-
visited websites worldwide.
 Logo…
• It captures the essence of what the site stands
for in our mind. The logo was selected as part
of an international logo design contest. The
logo is a jigsaw puzzle in the shape of the
globe with the alphabets in many languages
written all over the globe. .
• Prehistoric (non) logo
On January 15, 2001, Wikipedia's first day of
independent existence, Jimbo Wales used the
American flag as a temporary Wikipedia logo.
It wasn't intended to be permanent. See
meta:OldWikiPediaLogo for the old logo
discussion.
• The original official logo
 
The first Wikipedia logoWikipedia's first true
logo was an image that was originally submitted
as a Nupedia logo. Jimbo thought it would be a
much better logo than the flag, and it remained
for the next eight months. 
• The pre-current logo
 
The pre-current Wikipedia logo In November 2001,
Wikipedians began suggesting new logos. A short
list of leading candidates was chosen. The winner
was the logo contributed by The Cunctator.
• The late-comer
 
After the winning logo was chosen, Mark Ryan
designed one in a similar style, but in colour. It
was for some time used as the Meta logo. 
• The international effort and contest
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 Spanish Wikipedia).
Others used the English logo but added the color of a national flag
(most of the Nordic language projects, Danish, for example) or a
translation of "The Free Encyclopedia" (e.g. German). Still other
designed a completely different logo (e.g. the French Wikipedia).