File:Wikiball.png

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Description White sphere with a black great circle interrupted by a black small circle, with a letter W added like the "W" puzzle piece. Intended as a Free icon to represent Wikipedia coverage of Nintendo's Pokémon franchise without using any images under Nintendo copyright.
Date (UTC)
Source self-made using good old GIMP 2.2.17
Author Damian Yerrick ()
Other versions Upload of XCF transparent copy failed. Transparent copy is available upon request from the author.

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The uploader claims that those geometric elements copied from the description in Poké Ball are ineligible for copyright.

Nintendo has registered a similar icon as a trademark in the United States.:

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current19:12, 28 October 2007Thumbnail for version as of 19:12, 28 October 2007512 × 512 (51 KB)Damian Yerrick (talk | contribs)Larger PNG with clearer W, which should work until someone figures out how to make a spherized serif W in SVG
02:51, 9 November 2005Thumbnail for version as of 02:51, 9 November 200564 × 64 (3 KB)Damian Yerrick (talk | contribs)A ball with a W on it, similar in style to the "W" puzzle piece on en.wikipedia. I drew it in GIMP; a transparent (xcf) copy is forthcoming.

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