Little Known Fact ™ – IM IN UR WIKIPEDIAZ

Vidar Andersen 11/03/2008 13:53 View Comments

If you happen to visit Wikipedia or Wikileaks from time to time, chances are you’ve seen this faceless person sitting on top of the page staring down at you:

wikipedia_grab

However, chances are that you’ve probably never really asked yourself where it comes from. Then again, who in their right mind would?

Closeup:

plone_user_icon_blowup

Funny thing is, this (among others on Wikipedia) is actually from the original icon set of the Plone CMS. Media Wiki later, as a testament to the amazing work of the Plone CSS developer team, shall we say ‘borrowed’ the Plone CSS – and the icons. Then Wikipedia and Wikileaks made use of Media Wiki and the rest is – as they say – history. So now you know.

Funny thing for me is, I actually made this and the original Plone icon set. ;)

Please leave a comment if you have seen other Plone icons in the wild.

[tags] plone, cms, vidarandersen, blacktar, icon, icons, wikipedia, mediawiki, wiki, wikileaks, design, css [/tags]

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  • http://limi.net/ Alexander Limi

    The icon you have made that *everyone* seems to use is the Print icon in Plone. I see that icon in pretty much every web project. :)

    Iconic design, literally!

  • http://limi.net Alexander Limi

    The icon you have made that *everyone* seems to use is the Print icon in Plone. I see that icon in pretty much every web project. :)

    Iconic design, literally!

  • http://www.blacktar.com/ Vidar Andersen

    Hi Alexander,

    Nice of you to pop by. Thanks!

    I totally forgot about that printer icon. Yes, I can remember seeing it everywhere – even in the slsk (Soulseek) p2p client.

    Ok, you’ve inspired me to hold another wildly unsuccessful competition here on my blog. The person who can submit the weirdest spotting of the Plone printer icon gets a t-shirt in their size with signed Plone printer icon artwork on it! :)

    BTW: When are you going to open up commenting on your blog? You have some interesting posts that I have some interesting comments on. However, your blog doesn’t let me comment. I do not want to post comments on a blog on a mailing list. It’s not the user’s burden to adapt to foreign processes and having to step out of context. Further more, mailing lists are terribly insular. E.g. make your blog send the comments to the mailing list instead! Leave it all out in the open! Phew. That’s my pet peeve. :)

  • http://www.blacktar.com Vidar Andersen

    Hi Alexander,

    Nice of you to pop by. Thanks!

    I totally forgot about that printer icon. Yes, I can remember seeing it everywhere – even in the slsk (Soulseek) p2p client.

    Ok, you’ve inspired me to hold another wildly unsuccessful competition here on my blog. The person who can submit the weirdest spotting of the Plone printer icon gets a t-shirt in their size with signed Plone printer icon artwork on it! :)

    BTW: When are you going to open up commenting on your blog? You have some interesting posts that I have some interesting comments on. However, your blog doesn’t let me comment. I do not want to post comments on a blog on a mailing list. It’s not the user’s burden to adapt to foreign processes and having to step out of context. Further more, mailing lists are terribly insular. E.g. make your blog send the comments to the mailing list instead! Leave it all out in the open! Phew. That’s my pet peeve. :)

  • http://limi.net/ Alexander Limi

    I have a mail address you can send those comments to. ;)

  • http://limi.net/ Alexander Limi

    I have a mail address you can send those comments to. ;)

  • http://limi.net Alexander Limi

    I have a mail address you can send those comments to. ;)

  • http://www.blacktar.com/ Vidar Andersen

    I could also call you, fax you, send a telegram, strip-o-gram, smoke signals, semaphore you or write you a postcard, but it would still be very insular and opaque to everyone interested in the subject matter(s). ;)

    It may just be my opinion, but I think if one publishes and opines on them there internets, one should support a global open conversation and enable transparent dialog and discussion.

    A blog without the possibility to comment is, in the famous words of Monthy Python, ‘…like making love in a canoe; It’s fucking close to water!’ really rather thin.

  • http://www.blacktar.com/ Vidar Andersen

    I could also call you, fax you, send a telegram, strip-o-gram, smoke signals, semaphore you or write you a postcard, but it would still be very insular and opaque to everyone interested in the subject matter(s). ;)

    It may just be my opinion, but I think if one publishes and opines on them there internets, one should support a global open conversation and enable transparent dialog and discussion.

    A blog without the possibility to comment is, in the famous words of Monthy Python, ‘…like making love in a canoe; It’s fucking close to water!’ really rather thin.

  • http://www.blacktar.com Vidar Andersen

    I could also call you, fax you, send a telegram, strip-o-gram, smoke signals, semaphore you or write you a postcard, but it would still be very insular and opaque to everyone interested in the subject matter(s). ;)

    It may just be my opinion, but I think if one publishes and opines on them there internets, one should support a global open conversation and enable transparent dialog and discussion.

    A blog without the possibility to comment is, in the famous words of Monthy Python, ‘…like making love in a canoe; It’s fucking close to water!’ really rather thin.

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