Should Julia have an unofficial community mascot? If so, which one?

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This is a poll about whether Julia should have an unofficial community mascot.

Since this topic has resurfaced repeatedly over the years without converging, I thought it might be useful to at least get a clearer signal on whether people want an unofficial mascot at all, and if so which candidates are actually preferred.

To be clear: this is not about changing Julia’s logo, official branding, or visual identity. The idea is just to see whether people would like some informal mascot figure for community use.

This is also just an informal Discourse poll. It is not meant to be binding, and it is obviously not a statistically representative vote for the entire Julia ecosystem.

The background discussion is here:

I’ve tried to reduce that long thread to a shortlist of candidates that seemed more serious or recurring than the rest. Please vote in all three polls.

Should Julia have an unofficial community mascot?
  • No
  • Yes
0 voters
If yes, how would you rank these candidates?
  • Dragonfly / Julia skimmer
  • Julyax
  • Mantis shrimp (“Mantissa”)
  • Axolotl
  • Hummingbird
  • Butterfly / Julia heliconian
0 voters
Does this shortlist cover the serious candidates well enough?
  • Yes
  • No, a serious candidate is missing
0 voters

If you voted “No, a serious candidate is missing”, please mention it in the replies.

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I think the “dispatch” walky talky character is missing

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For JuliaCon for a few years now I’ve tried to print stickers of Miguel Raz Guzman’s Dispatch character. I quite like it

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Where can I find a picture of this character? I don’t think I know about it and I am artistically interested in anything logo related!

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HA That’s cool! I vote for that!