How Wikipedia uses HTML5 to save bandwidth

Wikipedia may be saving bandwidth, but that's not the real reason they're switching to SVG for logos. They're doing it because SVGs can be more accurate versus a PNG or JPG version, and because it scales much better.

Take a look at the template {{Should be SVG}} (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Should_be_SVG): it says "This image was uploaded in a raster graphics format such as PNG, GIF, or JPEG. However, it contains information that could be stored more efficiently and/or accurately in the SVG format, as a vector graphic."

Also, whenever you go to an article that displays an SVG image, it's actually a PNG rendering. It's only when you view the actual file that you see the SVG. Take a look at the United States article, for example. The image of the flag at the top is actually //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Flag_of_the_United_States_%28Pantone%29.svg/125px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%28Pantone%29.svg.png, not the SVG itself.

This has nothing to do with HTML5 and everything to do with SVG specs. Just because SVG is in the HTML5 specs doesn't mean that is what it is (Based on the comments on the blogs).

This may interest you, The HTML5 formatting[1] (Doctype and other magic) isn't enabled on en.wikipedia only MediaWiki wiki and the two test platforms:

   'wgHtml5' => array(
      'default' => false,
      'mediawikiwiki' => true,
      'testwiki' => true,
      'test2wiki' => true,
   ),

[1]. http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgHtml5