Want to Change the Slashdot Logo? For 1 Day in October, You Can

The Slashdot logo has been around for a long time now; the truth is, we're rather fond of it, and have only rarely introduced substantial changes. But for the month of October, as a way of celebrating the site's 15 years of delivering News for Nerds, we invite you to help us temporarily change it. If you have an idea of what the Slashdot logo should look like for one day in October, this is your chance to see it on the page. Starting September 15th, we'll be accepting entries, and sending limited edition anniversary T-shirts to the artists we pick to show off on the page throughout the month. (And a Nexus 7 tablet to the artist who ranks best in show.) Click through for information on what we're looking for, how to enter, and the long list of rules that the legal department has provided for your reading pleasure; we look forward to seeing and sharing your ideas.

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OMG Ponies

[magarity]

What else is there?
 
I'm still bitter that the constant Firefox updates broke the add-in that made that layout permanent.

I suggest the "new" logo

[Eightbitgnosis]

Be the same old logo

I just read the rules...

[Anonymous Coward]

And I don't see anything that would prohibit a Goatse.cx inspired logo. I can see the hands wrapping around the "o" in Slashdot now.

Re:I just read the rules...

[RDW]

And I don't see anything that would prohibit a Goatse.cx inspired logo. I can see the hands wrapping around the "o" in Slashdot now.

This one made the BBC's list of the top 12 alternative Olympics 2012 logos until someone realised. They deleted the link, but not the jpeg:

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/43006000/jpg/_43006883_sean_stayte_416.jpg
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/06/04/bbc_olympics_cx/

("Here is my design for the Olympic logo. It is very simple and so memorable. The hands represent Britain pulling together to reveal the Olympics.")

How about...

[MetalliQaZ]

How about a logo with Fonzie waterski-jumping over Slashdot while wearing a leather jacket.

I'm going to re-submit one of the early winners

[Anonymous Coward]

And see if I can get a dupe Slashdot logo through.

Seriously.

[cornface]

Are there a lot of people out there who have just been chomping at the bit to change the slashdot logo?

How about fixing some of the horribly out of date and broken website code instead? Just for one day. In October!

Maybe make a mobile version of the site that is more than barely functional? For one day! In October!

Shameful.

Why I would never participate

[Milharis]

"entrant agrees to allow Sponsor and its designees to use entrant's name, photograph, likeness, statements, biographical information, voice and city and state address for advertising and promotional purposes for this and similar promotions, worldwide, and in perpetuity, in any and all forms of media, now known or hereafter devised without additional compensation, review or approval rights, notification or permission, except where prohibited by law."

This is why I'm never going to participate to something like that.

No thanks

[Kjella]

8. PUBLICITY/GRANT OF RIGHTS Except where prohibited by law, by entering the Contest, as a condition of participating in this Contest, entrant agrees to allow Sponsor and its designees to use entrant's name, photograph, likeness, statements, biographical information, voice and city and state address for advertising and promotional purposes for this and similar promotions, worldwide, and in perpetuity, in any and all forms of media, now known or hereafter devised without additional compensation, review or approval rights, notification or permission, except where prohibited by law.