# SDMB Favicon Contest? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [May 23, 2006, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-favicon-contest/357935 "2006-05-23T18:31:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2006, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-favicon-contest/357935/1 "2006-05-23T18:31:52Z")
Is anybody interested in a contest to select a [favicon](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Favicon) for the SDMB links in your browser favorites? If we generated some good ones, maybe TPTB would adopt it as the official favicon for the forums. There are several favicon editors linked from the wikipedia cite above if you want to try your hand. One ground rule however, let’s avoid the animated ones. No point in starting trouble. I’ll start it off with [my representation of Unca Cecil](http://web.acsalaska.net/~fmurtley/uncacecil.ico), from “Stupidity, I Smack Thy Face”, the illustration Slug did for the T-shirt. ---
**Author:** ![xash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c6cbf5/32.png) [@xash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xash)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-favicon-contest/357935/2 "2006-05-24T08:53:43Z")
Personally, I would love to see the SDMB use a favicon. As a mod, I don’t make any guarantee that they would, but I can certainly bring it up for discussion. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-favicon-contest/357935/3 "2006-05-24T14:35:13Z")
I like this. Don’t see why not. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-favicon-contest/357935/4 "2006-05-24T15:17:05Z")
> [@Fear Itself](#): > > … [my representation of Unca Cecil](http://web.acsalaska.net/~fmurtley/uncacecil.ico), from “Stupidity, I Smack Thy Face”, the illustration Slug did for the T-shirt. I love it. I think we may have a weiner from the get-go!! I did my own “favicon” for bookmarking the sdmb a long time ago that was simply a miniature version of the stylized S and D from the site banner, but yours is much better. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-favicon-contest/357935/5 "2006-05-24T18:00:42Z")
In one of the previous smiley selections, someone submitted the head of the turkey with the mortarboard that was one of Slug’s versions of Cecil. I hope that’ll be considered. ---
**Author:** ![Electronic\_Chaos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Electronic\_Chaos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electronic_Chaos)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2006, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-favicon-contest/357935/6 "2006-05-26T17:07:02Z")
> [@Ponder Stibbons](#): > > I love it. I think we may have a weiner from the get-go!! > > I did my own “favicon” for bookmarking the sdmb a long time ago that was simply a miniature version of the stylized S and D from the site banner, but yours is much better. How exactly do you set a custom favicon for bookmarks? If it helps, I’m using Firefox. ---
**Author:** ![fishquail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/90db22/32.png) [@fishquail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishquail)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2006, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-favicon-contest/357935/7 "2006-07-10T22:12:33Z")
TO my knollege Straight dope website does not yet have a Favicon. If enough people complain about it…maybe somebody will do something. Squeeky wheel gets the oil. ---
**Author:** ![Kitchen\_Wench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f08c70/32.png) [@Kitchen\_Wench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kitchen_Wench)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-favicon-contest/357935/8 "2006-07-20T15:34:51Z")
> [@Fear Itself](#): > > I’ll start it off with [my representation of Unca Cecil](http://web.acsalaska.net/~fmurtley/uncacecil.ico), from “Stupidity, I Smack Thy Face”, the illustration Slug did for the T-shirt. A Straight Dope favicon is a great idea, but I can hardly make out what that icon is depicting. I even did a search for “Stupidity, I Smack Thy Face” to see the original artwork (btw, I’m **NOT** a fan of Slug), but couldn’t find said article. Could you post a link, **Fear Itself**? ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-favicon-contest/357935/9 "2006-07-20T16:10:46Z")
[Here ya go](https://securesite.chireader.com/cgi-bin/dopestore/buystuff.bat#tshirt). ---
**Author:** ![Kitchen\_Wench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f08c70/32.png) [@Kitchen\_Wench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kitchen_Wench)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-favicon-contest/357935/10 "2006-07-20T16:21:15Z")
Thanks so much, **Chronos**. Still don’t like it, but I’m sure I’m in the minority. Whatever the masses decide, I will support. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-favicon-contest/357935/11 "2006-07-20T16:55:49Z")
> [@Kitchen Wench](#): > > Still don’t like it, but I’m sure I’m in the minority. No you’re not. IIRC, the last time we talked T-shirts, we were trying to explain to TPTB that they could sell a slew if there were an SDMB design that _didn’t_ use Slug’s art. ---
**Author:** ![Kitchen\_Wench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f08c70/32.png) [@Kitchen\_Wench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kitchen_Wench)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-favicon-contest/357935/12 "2006-07-20T18:02:47Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > No you’re not. > > IIRC, the last time we talked T-shirts, we were trying to explain to TPTB that they could sell a slew if there were an SDMB design that _didn’t_ use Slug’s art. Good. Now I don’t feel like the Lone Ranger. Regarding tees, I’d definitely buy one that featured a sleek Dope logo. Anything but Slug. [/HIJACK] ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-favicon-contest/357935/13 "2006-07-20T19:42:53Z")
Yeah, we’ve been talking about it too but holding off pending an upgrade. It’s silly to set stuff up only to have it go poof. Let Jerry do his thing (whenever that is) and then we’ll do ours. In the meantime, let’s see some samples. I don’t think we can borrow from Slug without permission and/or attribution, I will check on that but don’t expect an answer right away. Otherwise . . . show us what you got. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-favicon-contest/357935/14 "2006-07-20T20:26:21Z")
I suggest either: A Slug drawing of Cecil, if permission can be recieved from him. Not the paper-bag one, though, the bird thing he usually depicts Cecil as, or: A yellow “SD” on blue, mimicking the column/site’s logo. Simple and to the point. (As an aside, I misread the thread title as “SDMB Famicom Contest,” and was wondering why the site was giving away an old Japanese video game system.) ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-favicon-contest/357935/15 "2006-07-20T23:00:43Z")
So if it’s not going to be a Slug drawing, I can safely assume that we won’t be using [this one](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/060310.html). ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-favicon-contest/357935/16 "2006-07-21T00:58:40Z")
> [@mobo85](#): > > I suggest either: > > A Slug drawing of Cecil, if permission can be recieved from him. Not the paper-bag one, though, the bird thing he usually depicts Cecil as, The problem is executing said turkey on a 16 x 16 pixel canvas. That scrawny neck topped with an avian pinhead (sorry Cecil!) just doesn’t lend itself to micro-rendering; it ends up looking like an emaciated caterpillar > [@](#): > > or: > > A yellow “SD” on blue, mimicking the column/site’s logo. Simple and to the point. Meh. I would like something a bit more creative than just letters.