User:Remi/Archives/Mission and slogan

Motto and slogan contests completed
After nearly a year of discussion, the motto and slogan contests have concluded.


 * The motto portion of the contest ended August 5, 2007. The slogan selected is "open learning community".
 * The slogan portion of the contest ended May 2, 2007. The slogan selected is "set learning free".

The following reproduces the finalist section of the motto contest page. Please feel free to add comments at the end of this section or on the contest talk page.

Winning Motto: "Open learning community"
The winning motto is '"open learning community"''.

Summary of final round: From the goals of the contest, the Wikiversity motto is both a phrase that conveys the general mission of Wikiversity (or part of the mission) and a "short description" that briefly describes Wikimedia project. The motto will be listed with our logo.

The winning motto, "open learning community," had 61% of the positive support statements in round 6. There were 27 support statements for "open learning community," and many included substantive points in favor of the option. "Open education" had 3 in support and "free learning community" had 14 in support. The objections are few in comparison to supportive statements (except for the least popular "open education" option). The winning "open" motto had 3 comments against, the "education" motto had four against, and the "free" motto had two against. The objections do not seem to invalidate the value or meaning of the free/open learning community motto options.

As for the choice of an article to possibly precede "open learning community, an important criticism of using the "the" was made on the talk page (Open University already exists). Twelve supporters of this motto did not favor using an article or did not mention the issue. The definite article had twelve supporters as well. The indefinite article had three supporters. This is a difficult call. Because of the substantive criticism made on the talk page, the winning motto is presented without a suggested article. A merit of using no article is that the motto is shorter and will fit better under the logo. This can be an issue for later discussion.

See the "summary of contest process issues and possible further steps" section (of the motto contest page) for other possible discussion points.

Winning Slogan: "Set learning free"
The winning slogan is '"set learning free"''.

Summary of final round: The Wikiversity slogan is a phrase for listing at top of main page with "Welcome to Wikiversity". "Set learning free" had 68% of the positive support statements in round 6. There were 30 support statements for "set learning free". "Knowledge is free" had 4 in support and "Because knowledge should be free" had 10 in support. The latter 2 options had 3 comment each against use. "Set learning free" had no statements against. As for the wording of "set learning free" vs "learning set free," a few more people preferred "set learning free".

Archive of comments: Motto_contest/Round_6

Thank you for your interest and participation! --Reswik 02:18, 7 August 2007 (UTC)