Talk:Tux/Draft

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Workgroup category or categories	Computers Workgroup [Editors asked to check categories]
Article status	Developed article: complete or nearly so
Underlinked article?	No
Basic cleanup done?	Yes
Checklist last edited by	Greg Woodhouse 19:00, 11 April 2007 (CDT)

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Robert Tito has nominated this version of this article for approval. Other editors may also sign to support approval. The Computers Workgroup is overseeing this approval. Unless this notice is removed, the article will be approved on 4-21-2007.

Tux talk archives

Archive 1, 4-11-07: Talk:Tux/Archive1

Archive 2, 4-13-07: Talk:Tux/Archive2

Suggestion

Please see CZ:Topic Informant Workgroup: it seems to me that this is a perfect opportunity for us to do some interviews of some of the people involved, and/or to have them look at the article and suggest corrections and expansions. Let me know if you're interested. --Larry Sanger 15:47, 11 April 2007 (CDT)

I'm interested. I'll try to track down a current e-mail for each of the guys mentioned in the article. --Joshua David Williams 18:50, 11 April 2007 (CDT)

New version

Thanks to Thomas, I believe the toapprove tag can now be updated. He did a wonderful job! --Joshua David Williams 18:09, 13 April 2007 (CDT)

Why a Linux mascot?

I remember reading in some Usenet post by Linus that he liked the concept of a mascot because more can be done with it than a static logo. He mentioned that the Windows logo is nice, but there's not a lot that can be done with it. So I think the last paragraph needs to be changed slightly after I track down that message. --Joshua David Williams 19:41, 13 April 2007 (CDT)

Non- Computer group reaction

For the general reader this is shaping up a a great little story. David Tribe 19:52, 13 April 2007 (CDT)

I agree. Stephen has contributed quite and Thomas have contributed quite a bit to the flow and readability of this article. If you like this one, you should check out the BSD Daemon article as well. I've been writing back and forth with the copyright holder asking questions about it. When it's done, it may be the most complete history of that mascot that's ever been compiled. --Joshua David Williams 21:22, 13 April 2007 (CDT)

Alright, I am pretty much done with what will be any of my major additions. I am satisfied that this has gone a long way from "encyclopedese" to, as David described, "a great little story". Stephen Ewen 23:32, 13 April 2007 (CDT)

Haha I get the feeling that when Stephen has said that about an article it has approached perfection :) Eric M Gearhart

hehe. Yes, I think so, too ;-) And I agree, also. The only thing I want changed before this is approved is the last paragraph. As far as I know, Gown and Penny have never been expressed as Tux's lovers, just friends. --Joshua David Williams 14:03, 15 April 2007 (CDT)

Pre-approval issues

• Ref #1, Matt Hartley (1996-05-5). Linux logo. - this points to nothing indicated in the text.

That's the first post in the Usenet thread. The lin64.jpg image is the picture of the Earth with the inscriptions "LINUX" and "Take your computing to another dimension." --Joshua David Williams 14:02, 14 April 2007 (CDT)

• Sourcing - Each statement should be sourced. This is because I doubt we have a Computer Workgroup editor on-board who is completely versed in the "history of Tux"! We need to provide confidence, therefore, by providing for full ease of fact-checking.

• Interesting source: http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/2001/03/42209

• Interesting image: http://www.babytux.org/gallery/images/tuxgetsbill.jpg

• Continued "distributions" of Tux section - we need a small image gallery of some of the best interpretations of Tux.

Stephen Ewen 01:22, 14 April 2007 (CDT)

I haven't had a chance to cite all the information yet, but I've been looking through some images of Tux and thought I'd post the links to some pages we should link to:

• http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/creatures/pages/linuxpenguin.html

I'm planning on updating this after I've found some more. In the meantime, I'd appreciate it if you could help me come up with some questions to ask Marshal Kirk McKuskick, the owner of the BSD Daemon. There may be more to the story that could be extracted, but I'm having a hard time thinking of the right questions. Got any ideas? --Joshua David Williams 13:46, 14 April 2007 (CDT)

More cool images:

• http://www.theevilpixel.com/?q=node/121
• http://www.babytux.org/gallery/images/tuxtrek.png
• http://www.babytux.org/gallery/images/tuxgetsbill.jpg
• http://www.sjbaker.org/tux/homertux_full.png
• http://www.sjbaker.org/tux/tux_time.png - Time Magazine image

Stephen Ewen 22:08, 14 April 2007 (CDT)

HAHAHA! That first one is the best Tux image I've ever seen! :-P --Joshua David Williams 22:10, 14 April 2007 (CDT)

Image:Tux_the_Penguin_by_Vik_Oliver_GFDL.jpg is all ready for use. Stephen Ewen 14:46, 15 April 2007 (CDT)

Gallery

I think we need to find a black line between the images we want in the article, and those that should only be in the gallery. I have several very neat ones I'd like to put into the gallery, such as the popular flyswatter one (see here; I have the original image, but can't find it online at the moment). I think we have quite a few images in the article. Which ones, if any, should be moved to the gallery only? --Joshua David Williams 15:33, 15 April 2007 (CDT)

The ones supported by the narrative should be in the article. I once found the original one mentioned "LINUX: Take your computer to another dimension", and that would be a good one to include. Basically, whichever images best capture the evolution of the logo should be in the article. The other ones, as I see it, are to document in the gallery some of his best, later iterations. As for placement of the image gallery, perhaps place it as a thumb of a screen capture of the image gallery at "Continued 'distributions of Tux", which once clicked would lead into the gallery itself (is that possible with wikimarkup?). We might also experiment with placing the actual gallery in the article at the bottom of "Continued 'distributions of Tux", with small thumbs. That's my take. Stephen Ewen 15:47, 15 April 2007 (CDT)

I originally had the BSD Daemon/Gallery linked from the image, but that wouldn't allow the user to (easily) see that infamous image at its full resolution (this can be done by putting a redirect in the image description page, see Biology). Perhaps we should take the same approach as the daemon and put a link beneath the famous drawing. --Joshua David Williams 16:02, 15 April 2007 (CDT)

I've got to be honest with you here. I can't say that I like the way you suggested to do the gallery in your last edit :-( --Joshua David Williams 20:41, 15 April 2007 (CDT)

Sure, please do be honest! Are you meaning you do not like the way it is now? Stephen Ewen

Yeah, I'm not really crazy about the way you linked an image of thumbnails. --Joshua David Williams 20:47, 15 April 2007 (CDT)

How would a montage of Tux's be, linked to the gallery? Stephen Ewen 20:50, 15 April 2007 (CDT)