Great WikiProject Logos
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This week, we took a break from our regular interviews to look at the creativity behind designing WikiProjects. Like businesses, organizations, governments, products, websites, and a variety of other entities, WikiProjects often use images and logos to brand themselves and communicate their purpose. Depending on the design, a project's imagery can make the project look more inviting, exciting, or professional than basic text and section headings. Some projects opt for simple icons or use pictures taken from Commons to make the project easily recognizable, while others prefer a traditional wordmark or nameplate to establish the project's identity.
It should be noted that distinct designs do not guarantee a project's success. Branding by itself should not be expected to save a struggling project, and attractive projects can lapse into inactivity just as quickly as projects with only black-and-white text. (See our special report on Reviving WikiProjects for details on the many challenges facing WikiProjects and tips for improving a project's organization, scope, and membership.)
Nonetheless, many Wikipedians have chosen to invest a little of their time and creativity in designing WikiProject logos. The list below showcases fifteen examples of interesting design that stood out among the many projects surveyed by one Report writer. We hope these logos will serve as inspiration for members of other WikiProjects to liven up their project pages. This list is in no particular order and is by no means exhaustive. For great logos we may have overlooked, we invite our readers to post their favorite WikiProject's logo in the comments section of this report.