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

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/should-julia-have-an-unofficial-community-mascot-if-so-which-one/136826>\
**Category:** Community\
**Tags:** marketing, branding, animals\
**Created:** [April 22, 2026, 10:37am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/should-julia-have-an-unofficial-community-mascot-if-so-which-one/136826 "2026-04-22T10:37:28Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 23, 2026, 10:58am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/should-julia-have-an-unofficial-community-mascot-if-so-which-one/136826/16 "2026-04-23T10:58:32Z")

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> [@Olivier\_Merchiers](#):
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> I agree with @Datseris, you explicitly added a question in the poll whether an other serious candidate was missing. I mentioned that one was missing, so why not add it?

Fair point to raise. I did see the “Dispatch” walkie-talkie idea in the old thread, but I deliberately treated this poll as a shortlist of the more serious **creature/animal-like mascot** proposals.

My reason is that, to me, a mascot is usually something a bit more personal and relatable — something with some kind of creature-like character — rather than just a clever symbol or visual pun. “Dispatch” is clever, but it strikes me more as a concept/emblem than as a mascot in that sense.

**At this point I would prefer not to change the shortlist mid-poll, since that would make the result harder, not easier, to interpret.**

The point of the third poll was precisely to detect whether people think a serious candidate is missing. If that turns out to be the case, that is useful information, and it would argue for a later follow-up poll with a revised shortlist rather than changing the current one while voting is already underway.

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