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A combination of book pages turning and a keyboard typing.

The winning entry was submitted by Thaddeus Osborne, a nuclear engineer and part-time music producer from Virginia, USA. Here’s how he describes the sound:

“My sound logo welcomes its audience into a world of information. The sound of a page turning quickly becomes a library like a whirlwind of typing, clicking, and paper rustling that promises vast stores of wisdom followed by a friendly invitation. This is what I perceive the Wikimedia movement to be about, the open and encouraged sharing of knowledge. Lots and lots of knowledge.”Osborne’s was one of 3,235 submissions that came in from 2,094 participants across 135 countries last year.

Although the winning sound has now been chosen, the audio above isn’t exactly what you’ll hear alongside Wikimedia’s content in the future. For starters, the organization says the winning sound will now need to be professionally re-recorded in a studio . It’ll also produce“Later this year, we will continue working with voice assistant and technology partners to adopt the winning logo to better identify Wikimedia content worldwide,” Wikimedia says in a press release.

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