Template talk:LessWrong

Picture
The picture for this template is a tiny mess of color for me - is it just my monitor? I had to go to this page to even figure out what it was. Maybe we can find something better.--talk 16:52, 30 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Someone on LW suggested "RationalWiki's new coat-of-arms is a troll riding a basilisk", so Hipocrite made one - David Gerard (talk) 14:38, 2 June 2013 (UTC)
 * I figured it out, but only because I found the actual image and I used to play WoW.--[[Image:adsig.png|25px|link=User:AD|AD]]talk 16:48, 2 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Would it be possible to get a .svg for this? The current is pretty damn ugly. 16:32, 19 July 2015 (UTC)

We need something else for an image. It's indistinct at this size & not actually anything to do with LessWrong anyway. 12:52, 12 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Yeah. I suggest a line-art paperclip, based on this one (a sign the London LW meets used to put on the table when they met in a pub) - David Gerard (talk) 13:54, 12 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Fine by me as long as we also include that image in our main article on LessWrong so that it's not left unexplained (as with the current image). 14:00, 12 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Nah, just need to mention paperclip maximisers or similar - David Gerard (talk) 09:49, 13 December 2015 (UTC)

Some attempts


Unrelatedly, I found this: https://twitter.com/sentientist/status/650983369036156928

Thoughts? (Color is easily changed.) 22:11, 3 June 2017 (UTC)


 * If you can do one like the first one, but the fully twirly-whirly Art Lebedev paperclip (which is also reminiscent of a black hole), that'd be awesome - David Gerard (talk) 10:47, 4 June 2017 (UTC)


 * Lebedev clip:


 * Thoughts, color suggestions? 16:59, 4 June 2017 (UTC)


 * I really like the pink, actually. Would it be too much work to make a Lebedev paperclip with that + next to it? I think it looked really great with that regular paperclip and the + . 17:03, 4 June 2017 (UTC)


 * @Koidevelopment: Not hard at all.


 * @Koidevelopment: The pink color is currently used in File:Icon_new_age.svg, and http://lesswrong.com doesn't really use pink. 17:08, 4 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Arguabbly it should be LessWrong green, which is #538d4d. I think Arbital used the same green at least for a while. OTOH, it's not a very nice green, and that's a very nice purple - David Gerard (talk) 17:31, 4 June 2017 (UTC)


 * I like lesswrong test 5, with no + sign. Just the paperclip. It's a paperclip, and it's spiraling down into a singularity - David Gerard (talk) 17:25, 4 June 2017 (UTC)
 * just tested on the wife, who burst out laughing. I also distributed pin-on buttons of the Lebedev paperclip at a London LW meetup in 2011 - David Gerard (talk) 17:27, 4 June 2017 (UTC)

The Lebedev clip in LW green. I sorta like the purple better, but it's immediately reminiscent of LessWrong - David Gerard (talk) 17:38, 4 June 2017 (UTC)?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Torrentfreak+%28Torrentfreak%29
 * Seems good. 17:59, 4 June 2017 (UTC)
 * We should add the icon and add something to the LessWrong intro about Lebedev clips, singularities, and meetups. 18:00, 4 June 2017 (UTC)
 * No, it's very tangential. The only thing about the Lebedev clip is that someone found it on LW and I liked it. The paperclip is from the "paperclip maximiser", that might warrant mention - David Gerard (talk) 17:31, 5 June 2017 (UTC)
 * New icon in place, let's see what people think. Background colour isn't awesome ... edit: something paper-coloured then - David Gerard (talk) 17:33, 5 June 2017 (UTC)
 * I just saw an article using this template and thought it was media, maybe make the colours less similar? Christopher (talk) 17:57, 5 June 2017 (UTC)

Real question
Ignoring all the work contributed above -- does LessWrong really deserve its own sidebar? Category:LessWrong has only 16 articles. 23:26, 5 June 2017 (UTC)


 * Someone did one, and we have it. It's an actual cluster. We have sidebars for less ... - David Gerard (talk) 07:00, 6 June 2017 (UTC)