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+1 Graduation feels hollow without a visual change to the site. The only substantial change as it stands now is moderator elections.
– Chris Mueller
Commented Aug 20, 2015 at 12:07
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I kinda like this idea. One idea that I'd like to spin off of this, maybe as a consideration, is instead of (or perhaps on top of) a mini-design, maybe we can look at having logos for the sites. I think that it helps not only distinguish the site from those still in "beta", but also gives the site a sense of uniqueness among the rest of the "no-design-graduates", a sense of individuality. We'd probably have to wrestle a bit though as to whether we want to have basically "preliminary" logos that are subject to change in the final design or not, though. It's tricky, maybe too tricky, but hmm...
– Grace Note StaffMod
Commented Aug 20, 2015 at 12:23
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@GraceNote logos would be nice. I don't know how independent they are of the overall site design; do you have to do most of the design work in order to get to the logo, or is it more separable? (I've only watched the process develop on one site and that was a while ago.) A question for your design team, I guess. Even if individual logos aren't doable, a change to a different global logo and color scheme still seems like it would help.
– Monica Cellio
Commented Aug 20, 2015 at 12:42
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@GraceNote why do I read "having a logo" as "possibility for site-specific swag"? ;-)
– Mathieu Guindon
Commented Aug 20, 2015 at 17:52
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@Mat'sMug I look at it more like "The template ad I make for community ads isn't going to look even more identical across so many sites".
– Grace Note StaffMod
Commented Aug 20, 2015 at 18:28
@GraceNote A logo would be a nice-to-have, but even provisional logo designs aren't effortless, and at the rate things are progressing, I'd rather have the graduation process be truly design-independent. No excuses for delay.
– 200_success
Commented Aug 21, 2015 at 3:09
@200_success Special design as proposed or logo, the idea behind adding it would be in a fashion that does not revert us basically back to "design-dependent graduation". Otherwise, well, that's a step backwards, no?
– Grace Note StaffMod
Commented Aug 21, 2015 at 12:53
I've just asked a question about this and I'd love if you presented your thoughts there meta.stackexchange.com/questions/265813/…
– Catija
Commented Sep 4, 2015 at 22:03

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