Wikipedia:Icon standardization
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This is a proposal to standardize the icons used in templates and MediaWiki messages on the English Wikipedia. The current icon scheme is an inconsistent combination of Nuvola and Nuvola-based icons, Tango and Tango-based icons, icons created for en.wikipedia (such as the original "Stop Hand" and "Octagon Warning" images, now replaced by "Web 2.0"-style Nuvola-based icons), and several failed standardization schemes (including the "ambox" icons and "Norro style 1").
Some examples of possible icon standardization
The following examples can be looked at for inspiration:
Resources for making standardized icons
Proposed color scheme for OOUI-based message box template ('ambox', 'ombox', 'tmbox', etc.) icons
| style="background:transparent" |
| width="100%" |
! |
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| Icons for (speedy) deletion templates shall use the color derived from the hex code b32322.
|style="background:#b32322;color:white;" |Serious |
| Icons for templates for major warnings and problems (content issues, etc.) shall use the color derived from the hex code ed8406.
|style="background:#ed8406;color:white;" |Content |
| Icons for templates for minor warnings and problems (content issues, etc.) shall use the color derived from the hex code f2cd40.
|style="background:#f2cd40;color:black;" |Style |
| Icons for templates for page notices shall use the color derived from the hex code 3165ab.
|style="background:#3165ab;color:white;" |Notice |
| Icons for templates for merge, split and transwiki proposal notices shall use the color derived from the hex code 8b34bc.
|style="background:#8b34bc;color:white;" |Merge |
| Icons for protection notice templates shall use the color derived from the hex code 9fa7b5.
|style="background:#9fa7b5;color:white;" |Protection |
Proposed icons for [[WP:ASSESSMENT]], [[WP:GAN]], [[WP:GAR]], [[WP:FAC]], etc.
| style="background:transparent"
|+ Icon set A (for articles with any of these statuses: FA/FL/FAC/FAR/GA/GAN/GAR) ! width="100%" | Article status ! Proposed status icon |
| Featured article (FA)/Featured list (FL)
|70px |
| Featured article candidate (FAC)/Undergoing a featured article review (FAR)
|70px |
| Good article (GA)
|70px |
| Good article nominee (GAN)/Undergoing a good article reassessment (GAR)
|70px |
| style="background:transparent"
|+ Icon set B (for articles belonging to the A, B, C, Start, Stub and List classes; for recoloring) ! width="40%" | Article status ! width="50%" |Proposed base icon for status icon ! Wanted color ! width="50%" |Proposed status icon |
| A-class article
|align="center" |70px |style="background:#2a7fff;color:white;" align="center" |2a7fff |align="center" |70px |
| B-class article
|align="center" |70px |style="background:#589003;color:white;" align="center" |589003 |align="center" |70px |
| C-class article
|align="center" |70px |style="background:#a80;color:white;" align="center" |aa8800 |align="center" |70px |
| Start-class article
|align="center" |70px |style="background:#cc5b00;color:white;" align="center" |cc5b00 | align="center" |70px |
| Stub-class article
|align="center" |70px |style="background:#ff5555;color:white;" align="center" |ff5555 | align="center" |70px |
| List-class article
|align="center" |70px |style="background:#c855ff;color:white;" align="center" |c855ff | align="center" |70px |
Proposed edit request symbols
| style="background:transparent;"
|+ Icon set C (for replies to edit requests) ! width="50%" | Edit request reply ! width="50%" | Proposed icon |
| 'Done'
|align="center" |70px (not accessible to color blind readers) |
| 'Partially done'
|align="center" |70px |
| 'Not done'
|align="center" |70px (not accessible to color blind readers) |
| 'Not done, request unclear'
|align="center" |70px |
| 'Not done for now'
|align="center" |70px (not accessible to color blind readers) |
| 'Not done, provide sources'
|align="center" |70px |
| 'Not done, misplaced'
|align="center" |70px |
| 'Not done, edit on sandbox'
|align="center" |70px |
| 'Not done, request protection at WP:RfPP'
|align="center" |70px |
| 'Already done'
|align="center" |70px |
| 'Not done, no longer protected'
|align="center" |70px |
| 'Not done, user has rights'
|align="center" |70px |
| 'Not done, this is the documentation'
|align="center" |70px |
| 'Not done, request recreation at WP:DELREV'
|align="center" |70px |
| 'Not done, request upload at WP:FFU'
|align="center" |70px |
| 'Not done, request rights at WP:PERM'
|align="center" |70px |
| 'Not done, request renaming at WP:REQMOVE'
|align="center" |70px |
| 'I have a question'
|align="center" |70px |
| 'I have a note'
|align="center" |70px |
| 'Request undone'/'Request partially undone'
|align="center" |70px |
Icons for thematic portals
| style="background:transparent" |
| width="35%" | Theme of portal
! width="25%" | Proposed icon for recoloring ! width="20%" | Proposed color of new icon ! width="25%" | Proposed icon |
|---|
| Current events
|align="center" |File:OOjs UI icon newspaper-ltr.svg |style="background:#3165ab;color:white;" align="center" |3165ab |align="center" | File:Logo newspaper blue.svg |
| Biography
|align="center" |File:OOjs UI icon userAvatar.svg |style="background:#47a30d;color:white;" align="center" |47a30d |align="center" | File:Avatar icon green.svg |
| Psychology
|align="center" |File:OOjs UI icon userActive-ltr.svg |style="background:#f4c430;color:black;" align="center" |f4c430 |align="center" | File:Active icon yellow.svg |
| Crime
|align="center" |File:OOjs UI icon userAnonymous.svg |style="background:#b22222;color:white;" align="center" |b22222 |align="center" | File:Anon icon red.svg |
| Language
|align="center" |File:OOjs UI icon userTalk-rtl.svg |style="background:#8c08a4;color:white;" align="center" |8c08a4 |align="center" | File:Talk icon purple.svg |
