Thanks for the question. I wrote “unofficial” intentionally:
- Whatever comes out of this poll cannot make anything an official Julia mascot. Stating that up front lowers the stakes and the implications of participation.
- If the community converges informally on something over time, that could in principle evolve further later — but only if there is clear interest in that.
- Rust’s “Ferris” shows that a mascot does not have to be official in order to become distinctive, recognizable, and persistent.