Talk:Google Doodle
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Google Doodle task force
editSince Google Doodles is followed by a spike of interest in the subject that they feature, there is now a Google Doodle task force focusing on current and previous Google Doodles. All interested editors may join. North America1000 15:30, 1 February 2016 (UTC)
international?
editAre GDs international, appearing the same world-wide? Localized? Blocked/censored in some countries? The article should explain this aspect, in some detail.-71.174.175.150 (talk) 19:52, 1 February 2017 (UTC)
one day per doodle?
editThey generally appear for "one day"? The lede should say so! But what exactly is "one day" -- what about time zones etc? Does the GD advance to the next one locally in each time zone as midnight passes?-71.174.175.150 (talk) 19:54, 1 February 2017 (UTC)
Point of the page listing the doodles without showing anything?
editWhat is the point of the page (list of Google Doodle 2016)? It's useless if it doesn't show the Doodles!
"1998 Google Doodles" listed at Redirects for discussion
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An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect 1998 Google Doodles. Please participate in the redirect discussion if you wish to do so. Steel1943 (talk) 18:27, 27 November 2019 (UTC)
Pages from deleted category
editOn 2021 September 12, Category:Google Doodles was nominated for deletion at WP:CFD, and the discussion was closed as "delete" on September 19. It was queued for listification, but this never happened; as of 2022 April 21, the category still contained 46 pages (many of which were not listed in the main article). Since this task has remained outstanding for over a year, it seems unlikely that the category will remain in its current state indefinitely, so I will reproduce the list here in order to preserve it for anyone who wishes to include the information in this article. Here are all members of the category:
- Google Doodle
- Avicii
- Annie Besant
- Louis Braille
- Constantin Brâncuși
- The Cyberiad
- Dolphy
- Doodle Champion Island Games
- Doodle4Google
- Albert Einstein
- Leonhard Euler
- Ella Fitzgerald
- Fred Korematsu Day
- Dennis Gabor
- Mahatma Gandhi
- Vincent van Gogh
- Google Pac-Man
- Abdel Halim Hafez
- Guillermo Haro
- John Harrison
- Audrey Hepburn
- Norman Hetherington
- Akira Ifukube
- Martin Luther King Jr.
- Akira Kurosawa
- Magic Cat Academy
- René Magritte
- Frankie Manning
- Robert Moog
- Samuel Morse
- Edvard Munch
- Hans Christian Ørsted
- Wilder Penfield
- Édith Piaf
- Satyajit Ray
- Mary Golda Ross
- Rumcajs
- Mary Somerville
- Rabindranath Tagore
- Shirley Temple
- Teresa Teng
- Nikola Tesla
- Eiji Tsuburaya
- Jules Verne
- Antonio Vivaldi
- Andy Warhol
I remember an interactive doodle about slicing pizza which is not mentioned in the article
editAt some point in 2021 or 2022, I remember encountering a Google Doodle with a play button, leading to a game where you had to slice pizza in a way that different slices had or lacked different ingredients.
Example level
editThe pizza has onions, pepperoni and chili on it. You have to slice the pizza in a way that you get:
- one slice with just onions
- one slice with just chili
- two slices with pepperoni and chili
- one slice with all three ingredients
first animated doodle is 2000 halloween
editthe page says that the first animated doodle celebrated sir isaac newton, however, in the official google doodle website, the first animated doodle is for halloween in the year 2000 (https://doodles.google/about/) 110.138.95.183 (talk) 06:07, 2 December 2023 (UTC)
Format of notable Doodles list
editThe list is very long and quite hard to scan with the eye, partly because so many entries begin On [Month day, year], Google celebrated X with a Doodle which . . . . The actual subject of the Doodle is buried some way into the entry.
Since being able to scan by date is still important, the subject of the Doodle can't go right at the beginning, but I think a better format would be The [Month day, year] Doodle celebrated X . . . This is less wordy and mentions the featured person sooner.
Or possibly even [Month day, year]: X was celebrated so all Doodle subjects are mentioned directly after the date.
If nobody objects or comes up with a better one, I'll start editing entries into one of these formats. Musiconeologist (talk) 18:22, 18 March 2024 (UTC)
- Or maybe The [Month day, year] Doodle, for X, [did Y]. It's unlikely that an identical format will fit everything. Musiconeologist (talk) 18:31, 18 March 2024 (UTC)
Swiss National Day
editIn the Common Themes section, the dates for this (in the original format) were "2001–2015; 2016–present". Either that's a typo, or the event happens more than once a year, or it's a single time period. I took the last of those to be correct. Musiconeologist (talk) 22:53, 5 April 2024 (UTC)
Article style sheet
editThis is experimental and meant to fulfil the same function as in traditional copy-editing: a working list of style choices made or encountered, for reference while working and as a note for others of what's been done.
It's not meant to impose any particular style, simply keep track of what's currently in use. Hopefully it can be kept simply as a list of style points, with any discussion put in another section.
For now, I've a tiny handful of things to list.
- Doodle: capitalised (proper noun; also not doodles in the usual sense, so wrong word if lowercase). Google omitted where possible.
- Doodler: capitalised (proper noun). No quote marks even though they're not strictly doodling (already handled by the capitalisation).
- date ranges for annual Doodles: whichever parts are needed of (YYYY; YYYY–YYYY; YYYY onwards).
Request: Correction of chronology and standalone entry for Ian David Marsden
editHello,
I noticed a point of inconsistency in the article. The entry currently states:
“Early marketing employee Susan Wojcicki then spearheaded subsequent Doodles, including an alien landing on Google and additional custom logos for major holidays. Google Doodles were designed by an outside contractor, cartoonist Ian David Marsden until 2000, when Page and Brin asked public relations officer Dennis Hwang to design a logo for Bastille Day.”
At the same time, Dennis Hwang has a standalone Wikipedia article for his role as Google’s first in-house Doodler. By comparison, there is no standalone entry for Ian David Marsden, although he was the first officially commissioned Google Doodle artist (1999–2000).
My involvement is verifiable through both primary sources (Google’s own official Doodle archive) and independent reliable sources, including the Wall Street Journal. Examples include:
- Wall Street Journal (2001): “Ian Marsden drew a Doodle series for last year’s summer Olympics showing a kangaroo competing in nine events.” (link)
- Google Doodles attributed to me in the official archive:
- MentalPlex (April 1, 2000): View project
- Alien Abduction Series (May 2000, 5 parts): Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5
- Independence Day Series (July 2000, 4 parts): Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4
- Sydney Olympics “Kangaroodle” Series (Sept 2000, 11 parts): Opening Ceremony | Kayak | Gymnastics | Archery | Diving | Track & Field | Cycling | Weightlifting | Soccer | Basketball | Closing Ceremony
- New Year’s Eve 2000 (Dec 31, 2000): View Doodle
This evidence demonstrates that I was the first official Doodle artist, covering the entirety of the year 2000, before Dennis Hwang’s role as in-house Doodler began.
Requests:
- Could the community please update the Google Doodle article to reflect this chronology more accurately?
- In addition, given that Dennis Hwang’s standalone article is based largely on his role as Google’s first in-house Doodler, I would like to ask whether my comparable role as the first commissioned Doodler — already covered in reliable sources — merits a standalone article as well.
Thank you for your time and for considering this request.
Best regards,
Ian David Marsden Marsdenillustration (talk) 12:57, 30 August 2025 (UTC)
- Possible draft for
- Google Doodle
- article (History section)
- In 1999, Google contracted cartoonist and illustrator Ian David Marsden as its first official Doodle artist. Throughout the year 2000, Marsden created a series of homepage logos, including the April Fool’s Day MentalPlex design,[^1] a five-part Alien Abduction narrative in May,[^2] a four-part Independence Day series in July,[^3] the eleven-part Kangaroodle series for the Sydney Olympics — which featured an original kangaroo character created by Marsden —[^^4] and the New Year’s Eve 2000 Doodle.[^5] In mid-2000, co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin invited public relations officer Dennis Hwang to design the Bastille Day Doodle, after which Hwang became Google’s first in-house Doodler.[^6]
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- Draft References
- [^1]: Google Doodles – MentalPlex (April 1, 2000)
- [^2]: Google Doodles – Alien Series (May 2000, Day 1)
- [^3]: Google Doodles – Independence Day 2000, Day 1
- [^4]: Google Doodles – Sydney 2000 Olympics, Opening Ceremony
- [^5]: Google Doodles – New Year’s Eve 2000
- [^6]: Wall Street Journal (2001): “Ian Marsden drew a Doodle series for last year’s summer Olympics showing a kangaroo competing in nine events.” Marsdenillustration (talk) 13:06, 30 August 2025 (UTC)