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The logo of Wikipedia is the main logo for Wikipedia, an Internet-based encyclopedia.
A sphere constructed from jigsaw pieces with some pieces missing at the top, the logo is placed on the top left-hand corner on all pages with capital letters below the logo in Linux Libertine font WIKIPEDIA, and below it is written in plain writing "The Free Encyclopedia".[1]
Design
Each piece has a character/letter on it symbolizing the multilingualism of Wikipedia. They have included the letter И (I, Cyrillic), the letter Ω (Omega, Greek), a Chinese word/character meaning "ancestor", and the letter "W" as the first letter of the name "Wikipedia".
History
The logo was created by Paul Stansifer, a 21 year old Wikipedia user, whose entry won a design competition run by the site in 2003. It was then improved by David Friedland, then a student and now a Microsoft developer. He changed the styling of the jigsaw pieces so that their boundaries seemed indented and simplified their contents to be a single letter, rather than a word.[2]
Wikipedia's globe logo has reflected some recent changes. Wikipedia has changed its new page look and altered the logo a bit, most notably adding a new Chinese character below the letter Omega and to the left of letter Cyrillic I. The name Wikipedia and its slogan also changed the font and its new look also reflected the "Try Beta" feature previously.