Support Hours and WordPress Logo Fun

October 8, 2009

Nick Momrik

As Matt mentioned in the September Wrap-Up, the Automattic crew is heading to Québec City to work on some top-secret projects. It worked well when we closed the email support system for our London Support meetup, so we’ve decided to do it again.

Support will be unavailable from 10 a.m. EST on Friday, October 9 to 4 a.m. EST on Monday, October 19.

Of course, our team will still be monitoring servers and services while we’re out to keep you blogging smoothly and safely. In the meantime, we encourage you to read through the Support docs and make use of the WordPress.com forums (which are full of friendly users like you) if you need a little help.

wp-wheelWhile we’re away, we’ll be running a contest to see who can use the WordPress logo in the most creative way. Take advantage of your camera, graphics applications, crayons, and anything else you have at your disposal. Create a post on your WordPress.com blog, upload your image or images, and leave a comment here with the URL of your post. Please make sure to leave the URL to your post in the comment text or the entry will not be accepted.

wp-milkWe’ll get you started by providing some official WordPress logos, but the rest is up to you. I’m sure you can do better than the photos I’ve included here. We’ll keep an eye on submissions and post some of them to the @wordpressdotcom Twitter account during the week.

The deadline for submissions will be 4 p.m. EST on Monday, October 19.

We’ll create categories based on the best submissions and run polls to let you select the winners. Prizes will include WordPress.com upgrades, swag, and maybe other surprises. Good luck!

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  2. Moses Oct 8th at 2:33 am

    haha nice! (sounds like fun)

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  3. Dr. CaSo Oct 8th at 3:06 am

    Here’s my pic 🙂
    http://cestpasmoijeljure.wordpress.com/2009/10/07/partie-perdue/

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  4. Alberto Oct 8th at 3:18 am

    Wow I look with curiosity! 😀
    Ciao!

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  5. ghebert Oct 8th at 3:24 am

    Where will you guys be staying at? Are planning some kind of meeting or something?

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  6. Vikas Gupta Oct 8th at 3:40 am

    This will be fun! I wonder how many WP images on human body are going to come up!

    Please also start a writing contest for bloggers with big prizes. It can become hugely popular: perhaps the most popular writing competition in the world if you plan it well. 🙂

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  7. N60storm4 Oct 8th at 4:28 am

    Awesome I might enter 😀

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  9. Ratherbflyin Oct 8th at 6:38 am

    I am positive that there will be a flood of creativity coming out soon, but I wanted to submit my meager attempt to create something different using the WordPress logo.

    http://ratherbflyin.wordpress.com/2009/10/08/wordpress-logo-fun/

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  11. ثائر Oct 8th at 7:45 am

    sound interesting 😉

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  12. Travelsign Oct 8th at 7:55 am

    It made it.
    http://travelsign.wordpress.com/2009/10/08/wordpress-logo-fun/

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  13. illuminato Oct 8th at 8:11 am

    Hello, this is my contribution to WordPress Logo Fun.
    Wordpress Logo Watermark http://butindaro.wordpress.com/2009/10/08/wordpress-logo-watermark/

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  14. Aaron Aiken Oct 8th at 8:53 am

    Sweet contest, totally doing it…now, where’d I put that box of crayons?

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  15. phoxis Oct 8th at 8:56 am

    lets see if i can make some

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  16. eideard Oct 8th at 12:27 pm

    Cripes. A contest I’ll have to enter.,

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  17. kesadisan Oct 8th at 12:50 pm

    wow cool!
    btw, is photoshopped photo ok?

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  18. Postcards from Wildwood Oct 8th at 2:13 pm

    Great idea! Where do we send the email with the post URL?

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  19. TRKN Oct 8th at 3:46 pm

    There comes mine

    http://fourgoodfriends.wordpress.com/2009/10/08/wp-logo-fun-your-most-precious-time/

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  20. TRKN Oct 8th at 4:18 pm

    Here’s another

    http://fourgoodfriends.wordpress.com/2009/10/08/logo-fun-247-support/

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  21. ERA In The Smokies Oct 8th at 4:36 pm

    Don’t leave out the wordpress.org folks, please.

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    • Nick Oct 9th at 1:25 am

      You’ll have to create a WordPress.com blog and upload the image there if you want to submit an entry. After all, this is WordPress.com. 🙂

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  22. paul Oct 8th at 6:41 pm

    Have a good time BUT why in the world would you shut down the “help” pages just because support is gone think about it if you’re not here to help maybe we can find the answer there if not we can use the foroum or wait for you to get back

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    • Nick Oct 9th at 1:26 am

      The Support site will still be live and there for you, but you won’t be able to use the Support Contact page to send us message.

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  23. Mary Oct 8th at 8:40 pm

    This is going to be fun. 🙂

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  24. Mayu Oct 8th at 9:01 pm

    Ok, just finished my pics and post. Here’s my entry: http://myacwwdiary.wordpress.com/2009/10/08/ill-join-wordpress-logo-fun-contest/

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  25. Mark Lincoln Oct 8th at 10:45 pm

    Here’s my entry 🙂 http://lincolnnz.wordpress.com/2009/10/08/wordpress-takes-on-hollywood/ Quite a simple first attempt by me.

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  26. kristineleuze Oct 8th at 10:53 pm

    Edible WordPress logo! http://wallflowerwonderland.com/2009/10/08/wordpress-logo-fun/

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  27. Mark Lincoln Oct 8th at 11:40 pm

    My other entry: The World’s Largest WordPress Glitterball: http://lincolnnz.wordpress.com/2009/10/08/worlds-largest-wordpress-glitter-ball/

    Photo by Mark Lincoln, Logo by WordPress’ peeps, combination by Mark Lincoln 🙂

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  28. misspegasus Oct 9th at 12:09 am

    haha… this is cute… you guys are treating this as a wordpress-family… giving us stuff to do while you are away…

    thanks! lets see what ppl come up with!!! keep up the good work!

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  29. delaorden Oct 9th at 12:28 am

    hi Nick, is it allowed more than one entry ?

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  30. fjpoblam Oct 9th at 1:30 am

    So, when you say, ‘must be uploaded’, I deduce, images stored on my host and displayed via href in my blog, do not qualify?

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  31. maguay Oct 9th at 1:44 am

    Does this have to be a picture of the WordPress logo in a unique location (similar to your example pictures) or can it be a graphical reinterpretation of the WordPress logo (e.g. a sketch that incorporates the logo, but the logo is part of the sketch and not the original logo image)? Looks like a fun contest either way!

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  32. TheBrotha Oct 9th at 3:09 am

    Right, this weekend is THE weekend for a round of photography. Time to dust off my dslr and get snapping.

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  33. vegantess Oct 9th at 3:41 am

    I’m in!

    http://conservegan.wordpress.com/2009/10/08/wordpress-logo-fun/

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  34. thewaskitas Oct 9th at 4:53 am

    Do I have to make different post for different image which I submit?

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  35. Postcards from Wildwood Oct 9th at 8:34 am

    Here’s my first entry:
    http://postcardsfromwildwood.wordpress.com/2009/10/09/happy-halloween-wordpress/

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  36. philhurst Oct 9th at 9:24 am

    Av’ a gander at this beauty!

    http://philhurst.wordpress.com/2009/10/09/friday1/bigbenwordpress-2/

    By ‘eck! It’s Landon Town Guv!

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  37. alr100909 Oct 9th at 9:52 am

    very nice…

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  38. vegantess Oct 9th at 11:51 am

    thanks, it’ll be fun to see what everyone comes up with

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  39. Ion Oct 9th at 12:07 pm

    http://avem.wordpress.com/2009/10/09/ways-in-which-to-use-the-wordpress-logo/

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  40. TRKN Oct 9th at 12:27 pm

    Two more and I think I’m done 🙂

    http://fourgoodfriends.wordpress.com/2009/10/09/wp-logo-fun-colour-up-your-blog/

    and

    http://fourgoodfriends.wordpress.com/2009/10/09/wp-logo-fun-keep-blogging-on-the-go/

    Çiao

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  41. AfriE Oct 9th at 3:09 pm

    Nice

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  42. ashartanjung Oct 9th at 4:12 pm

    Fun to see

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  43. Wings of Wind Oct 9th at 5:42 pm

    Here’s first entry:

    http://wings-of-wind.com/2009/10/09/wordpresss-contest-ways-to-leverage-the-community-potential/

    🙂

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  44. dougrogers Oct 9th at 8:45 pm

    http://dougsamu.wordpress.com/2009/10/09/wordpress-logo-misuse-contest/

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  45. Chaitanya Varma Mudunuri Oct 9th at 10:51 pm

    Thanks wordpress for all this fun & more!!
    Here it is my way of having wordpress logo fun..Checkout!!!
    http://chaitanyavarma.wordpress.com/2009/10/09/wordpress-logo-fun/

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  46. disco70s Oct 9th at 11:52 pm

    I don’t think I will enter. There’s lots of competitive players around here and I’m not sure this will work out for me.

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  47. lestat546 Oct 10th at 1:22 am

    very nice, excelente la idea

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  48. Prasad Kulkarni Oct 10th at 2:51 am

    http://prasadkulkarni.wordpress.com/2009/10/10/wordpress-logo-fun/

    This is the first of my efforts to enter into the contest. Hope you people like it. I will be including more of such fun images in this post only, as it is allowed to post multiple images in one post.
    Thanks to WordPress team for bringing such an interesting contest.

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  49. Damon Oct 10th at 6:47 am

    Aloha From Hawaii Nick:

    Here is my Entry:

    http://damontucker.com/2009/10/09/thirty-meter-telescope-to-sponsor-wordpress-bloggers/

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  50. Postcards from Wildwood Oct 10th at 11:22 am

    Here’s my second entry:
    http://postcardsfromwildwood.wordpress.com/2009/10/10/halloween-beware/

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  51. Pedro Serra Oct 10th at 1:41 pm

    Hi everybody…

    hope you all enjoy what I did with the WordPress logo…

    http://semdestino.wordpress.com/2009/10/10/wordpress-logo-fun/

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  52. Tio Alexander™ Oct 10th at 1:49 pm

    Great! 😀

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  53. Ivan Oct 10th at 2:14 pm

    Here we go… just for the fun of it!!!!! I dont follow twitter. Please let me know somehow if my image was chosen!

    Greetings from Brazil.

    Ivan.

    http://xoogle.wordpress.com/2009/10/10/wordpress-logo-in-the-most-creative-way-contest/

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  54. lovighost Oct 10th at 3:13 pm

    Very exciting!

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  55. Margaret Oct 10th at 6:26 pm

    Wow! When you say the WP support team will still be monitoring servers and services, you really mean it. Last night when I logged in to edit, spell check, and schedule my post, all services disappeared for quite some time. What a time for you to have a server problem! One couldn’t even log out. I finally went to bed and got up at 3 a.m. to schedule the post. Everything was working great then. Hope the problem wasn’t too hard to fix.

    The WordPress team is really dedicated. Thank you very much. That’s what makes WordPress a truly great place to share with the world.

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  56. andrewgould Oct 11th at 12:08 am

    I hope it’s a great time for you all, but I’m really surprised that WordPress would consider leaving absolutely no one at all on support for 10 days. Sorry to be saying something negative, as I’m a new WordPress blog owner, who’s totally delighted with everything else here.

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  57. Faye Oct 11th at 1:14 am

    Awesome contest, and upgrades as prizes, you say?? SWEET! I’m definitely going to join~

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  59. Pauline Oct 11th at 2:12 am

    Here’s my entry:
    http://paulinege.wordpress.com/2009/10/10/and-the-answer-is-wordpress/

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  60. Tsunayoshi-kun Oct 11th at 4:54 am

    Good Job!

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  61. maguay Oct 11th at 2:00 pm

    Ok, here’s my images … WordPress for Windows and WordPress by Livebrush! Check it out at http://theoldestof8.wordpress.com/2009/10/11/wordpress-com-logo-art/

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  62. Nn.Begaye Oct 11th at 2:02 pm

    It will be interesting 🙂
    good luck for all ^^

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  63. Sergio Edgardo Malfé Oct 11th at 9:04 pm

    Greetings for the engineers.
    There is an image in: http://hipersalenas.wordpress.com/2009/10/11/56-logo/ . I made with a will.
    You have good journeys. Sergio Edgardo

    Saludos a los técnicos.
    Hay una imágen en: http://hipersalenas.wordpress.com/2009/10/11/56-logo/ . La hice yo con entusiasmo.
    Tengan ustedes buenas jornadas. Sergio Edgardo

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  64. Rob Oct 11th at 9:55 pm

    Ok here are my pics. I just wish they are good enough XD.



    Or if you want them in a single page:
    http://suntgayinromania.wordpress.com/wordpress-logo-contest/

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  65. BaNi MusTajaB Oct 11th at 10:00 pm

    i like it.

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  66. jake Gest Oct 12th at 4:28 am

    Well, I went for it and came up with an entry. It’s a bit silly and probably not what wordpress is expecting… but I had a fun time doing it. Hope to see other people do some cool things.

    http://aquilastar.wordpress.com/2009/10/11/some-kind-of-logo/

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  67. nayfang101 Oct 12th at 4:37 am

    KOOL THATS SO SUPER KOOL AND ROKING ROLL

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  68. Lusine Barseghyan Oct 12th at 9:09 am

    Ha ha ha!!! It`s very nice!!!!! I like it…

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  69. badeamihai Oct 12th at 2:13 pm

    nice:)

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  70. Peter Oct 12th at 5:00 pm

    http://peterhouston.wordpress.com/2009/10/12/field-work/

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  71. cromieptc Oct 12th at 5:32 pm

    Hopefully one of your top-secret projects is adding the events calendar widget to wordpress.com?

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  72. softwhiteunderbelly Oct 12th at 6:14 pm

    Okay, I’m in!
    http://softwhiteunderbelly.wordpress.com/2009/10/12/wp-logo-fun/

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  73. Cats in trees Oct 12th at 11:29 pm

    Good idea. Am I the first with an entry?

    http://catsintrees.wordpress.com/2009/10/12/post-200-rain-drops-keep-falling-on-my-head/)

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  74. Jenny Oct 13th at 2:38 am

    This sounds awesome and interesting!
    Best of luck to everyone 😀

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  75. Languish Oct 13th at 12:22 pm

    Well, here’s my entry
    http://katsuxkimi.wordpress.com/2009/10/13/fun-with-wordpress-logo/

    Hah, I really had fun using WP logos.

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  76. Boz Oct 13th at 12:51 pm

    I don’t quite understand why having a meeting is an excuse not to provide support for several days. It just blows my mind !

    It also confirms to me that the quality of the internet is abysmal and very, very time wasting and nasty.

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    • Heather Oct 15th at 3:29 pm

      We’re taking time out to improve services for you. We’re still keeping an eye on things while we’re away. If you’re having issues with your blog, please post to the forums and you’ll get great advice from fine users like you, or it’ll get flagged for our attention.

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  77. fracas Oct 13th at 2:08 pm

    You might be sorry you allowed us free reign…

    😉

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  78. softwhiteunderbelly Oct 13th at 5:54 pm

    Sounds great! I’m in!!

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  79. gildedfarmer Oct 13th at 8:19 pm

    Here’s my entry blog address

    http://gildedfarmer.wordpress.com/2009/10/13/while-the-wordpress-support-crew-is-away-they-have-asked-us-to-play/

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  80. Damon Oct 14th at 5:00 am

    When and where will the picture be shown?

    I noticed my comment with my submission is being held for moderation.

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    • Nick Oct 19th at 1:18 am

      After the deadline has passed we’ll look through the entries and publish a new post with categories and voting for the top submissions.

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  81. kabayantimes Oct 14th at 10:44 am

    how can i change my administrator password since i can’t modify my dashboard and can’t add a user

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  82. Ivan Oct 14th at 11:08 am

    Why is my comment STILLLLLL awaiting moderation???????

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    • Nick Oct 19th at 1:25 am

      We aren’t approving any of the submissions. After the entry deadline is passed we’ll pick the top submissions and put them up for voting.

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  83. Alberto Oct 14th at 12:37 pm

    Sounds like a lot of fun! I’ll look forward to seeing the entries (I’ll try to enter if I can think of something creative!)

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  84. rgretzinger Oct 14th at 2:35 pm

    EXTRA!! EXTRA!!

    WordPress Logo Sighting:

    http://slcalumni.wordpress.com/2009/10/14/wordpress-logo-sighting/

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  85. isaninside Oct 14th at 4:47 pm

    Great!!!! I’m in.. check this !
    http://isaninside.wordpress.com/2009/10/14/wp-logo-fun/

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  86. giaitritructuyen Oct 14th at 6:15 pm

    Yeah! Very good

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  87. newpragmatist Oct 14th at 9:50 pm

    It’s exciting to see all of those WP Logos. I like it!

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  88. Aguilera_87 Oct 15th at 1:15 am

    Hi
    I’m the first?? Here is my 2 images
    http://khlavkalash.wordpress.com/2009/10/15/el-logo-de-wordpress/
    good luck!

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  89. islamversusmuslims Oct 15th at 4:11 am

    great, hope to do something

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  90. おで Oct 15th at 5:06 am

    Thank you for wonderful contest to Nick and .com staffs.
    I placed my work to the contest. Enjoy it.
    http://odysseygate.wordpress.com/2009/10/15/wordpress-logo-fun/

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  91. Wings of Wind Oct 15th at 10:37 am

    Yet another batch for the contest:

    http://wings-of-wind.com/2009/10/15/wp-contest-batch-2/

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  92. mas wa2n Oct 15th at 11:26 am

    nice 1 🙂

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  93. Narendra Oct 15th at 2:01 pm

    this is my submission….

    http://frozenwell.wordpress.com/2009/10/15/to-wordpress-with-love/

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  94. Shelly F. Cohen Oct 15th at 3:45 pm

    Here’s an entry: http://visiblelightphoto.wordpress.com/2009/10/15/another-good-day-on-the-blog/
    [=sfc=]

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  95. vegantess Oct 15th at 8:52 pm

    ” It’s exciting to see all of those WP Logos. I like it! ”

    😕 Where? I see one up on Twitter and a one posted here (mine) – where can I go and see how the other entries are coming along?

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  96. Black Wolf Oct 16th at 4:27 am

    lol that’s so cool, good luck to you all!

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  97. bluepen1004 Oct 16th at 1:54 pm

    ?
    WEARD LOGO ON WEIRD PLACES!

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  98. Wings of Wind Oct 16th at 5:22 pm

    Hi, me again.

    At

    http://wings-of-wind.com/2009/10/15/wp-contest-batch-2/

    …I used (without knowing) the photo of Shutlle STS-107 tragic mission crew. I replaced it with another one.

    Also, I added one more called “Wordpress News”.

    Sorry for the misfit. Wasn’t intended.

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  99. 1amongwords2pt0 Oct 16th at 8:25 pm

    cool! 🙂

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  100. Martin (IQ) Oct 17th at 12:52 am

    My logo contest image can be found at http://iqatrophie.wordpress.com/2009/10/17/wordpress-logo-contest/

    Hope you like it. 🙂

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