Nowhere has anyone said that we will automatically come out of beta after 7 years. There was a one-off removal of beta status from its that were 7 years old or older, and it was implied that as well as all the other criteria for coming out of beta a new criterion was added that says: "Still be a viable site after seven years".
That does not equate to "all beta sites that have made it to the seven-year point will automatically immediately have the beta tag removed".
It's a little disingenuous to post a link to your own speculative post saying that we might come out of beta on a particular date, and hold it up as evidence that we might come out of beta on that date.
Anyway, in the spirit of unfounded speculation (I use Apple products, so I guess I am used to that?), here we go:
- What will happen then? If they remove our beta status, then the site will no longer say 'beta' on it.
- Will there any advantages[sic]? Yes! We will no longer have 'beta' on the site.
- We need to prepare a logo or avatar. Or both? We would need a favicon, and a proper logo. What will it look like? I think that would be best put to the users of this site, and we should ask it as a question, which we could pin for a while and allow people to send their own suggested logos - maybe offer a bounty (of 500 or something?) for the person who suggests the best one?
Now for the one that is not too difficult to answer:
- How do we ensure that it happens? I say ... we use the site more! Get as many hams to use the site as possible, and if people do ask questions we are friendly and helpful, and we all try to answer as many questions as we can!