Editing History of Wikipedia (section)

====2023====
In January 2023, the default Wikipedia desktop interface was changed for the first time since 2010, to [[Vector 2022]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=18 January 2023 |title=Wikipedia Gets a Fresh New Look: First Desktop Update in a Decade Puts Usability at the Forefront |url=https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2023/01/18/wikipedia-gets-a-fresh-new-look-first-desktop-update-in-a-decade-puts-usability-at-the-forefront/ |access-date=20 January 2023 |website=Wikimedia Foundation |language=en-US |archive-date=19 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230119234339/https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2023/01/18/wikipedia-gets-a-fresh-new-look-first-desktop-update-in-a-decade-puts-usability-at-the-forefront/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The new interface received abundant criticism from users. Many objections focused on the fixed-width layout, which created excessive white space on the margins on wide monitors, leading to a 90,000-word discussion on whether the new skin should become the default. [[Swahili Wikipedia]] unanimously voted to reject the new skin and "curtly" demanded a return to the old skin. Other criticism was directed at the Wikimedia Foundation for hiring a design team with limited experience on wikis. Brandon Harris, who was a senior designer at Wikipedia from 2010 to 2014, said: "Wikimedia Foundation often hires designers who aren’t familiar with the community, and they come in and try to make all these changes—running head-first into a buzz saw—and the community understandably resists".<ref>{{cite web |title=Wikipedia’s Redesign Is Barely Noticeable. That’s the Point. |url=https://slate.com/technology/2023/01/wikipedia-redesign-vector-2022-skin.html |website=slate.com |access-date=2025-01-22 |date=2023-01-18}}</ref>

[[File:Wikimedia Sound Logo Finalist VQ97.wav|thumb|[[Sound logo]] of Wikimedia (including Wikipedia)<ref name="wikimediafoundation.org">{{Cite web |date=2023-03-28 |title=Wikipedia's new sound logo: Winner of The Sound of All Human Knowledge contest announced |url=https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2023/03/28/wikipedias-new-sound-logo-winner/ |access-date=2023-05-02 |website=Wikimedia Foundation |language=en-US |archive-date=6 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406101352/https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2023/03/28/wikipedias-new-sound-logo-winner/ |url-status=live }}</ref>]]
After consultation and a contest, the first [[sound logo]] of Wikimedia (including Wikipedia) was adopted.<ref name="wikimediafoundation.org"/>