Wookieepedia:Mofferences

All Wookieepedians are invited to attend the occasional Wookieepedia mofference. Kindly don't be scared away by the name; we like to have all opinions at the meetings.

How to join the meeting
IRC: irc.freenode.net #wookieepedia

For a list of clients, see IRC. Freenode provides web access to our IRC channel via the freenode webchat gateway. Note that you will have to be identified with nickname services in order to enter the main channel.

(Hint: You only get 16 characters in your IRC nickname.)

Users who use the CGI:IRC gateway to attend the Mofference may experience considerable lag during the meeting, when there is more activity than usual in the channel, and so it is recommended that a chat client such as ChatZilla be used if you wish to participate effectively.

Please note
Per Single-issue voters, only those users with 50 valid (non-vandalism, non-fanon) edits to the Main (article) namespace may be given voice and a vote at the Mofference.

Discussion of Agenda items is to be held at the Mofference itself, with the exception of procedural comments by administrators and affected users. Comments added to Agenda items will likely be reverted by administration.

Next meeting
The next Mofference is scheduled for Sunday, February 12, 2012 at 00:00 UTC, which is 7 PM Eastern Standard Time Saturday night in North America.

Agenda
This is the agenda for topic discussions at the Mofference. Everyone is welcome to add a topic to the list, which will be discussed and/or voted on by those present. Please keep in mind that should this list grow too long, some topics at the end of the list may be removed in the interest of time. Everyone is reminded that discussions on these topics should be reserved for the meeting and not discussed here.
 * 1) Ratifying our new IRC cloak request system. 1358  (Talk)  20:53, January 20, 2012 (UTC)
 * 2) Discussing limiting the editing of userpages to registered users only. This is easily doable using Special:AbuseFilter. 1358  (Talk)  20:53, January 20, 2012 (UTC)
 * 3) Discussing our abandoned WookieeProject IRC channels. There are currently 10 WookieeProject channels of which, from what I've seen, only three are in somewhat active use (that being TCW, KOTOR, and VG). Do we want to keep them, delete them, or merge them into some sort of channel dedicated to all WookieeProjects? 1358  (Talk)  20:53, January 20, 2012 (UTC)
 * 4) Treatment of unidentified articles in respect to infobox titles. Currently, we have a disparate way of filling out the name field in unidentified-titled articles. Some articles include the "unidentified," and some don't. We should choose one as our standard and go with it. Toprawa and Ralltiir 21:04, January 20, 2012 (UTC)
 * 5) Treatment of parenthetical descriptors in article titles in respect to infobox titles. Same thing as the above topic, except this is for articles that have parenthetical descriptions in the name field. Some articles include them, and some don't. Let's choose one as standard. Toprawa and Ralltiir 21:04, January 20, 2012 (UTC)
 * 6) AbuseFilter reviews: There are a couple of filters I'd like to bring to the community to review, namely this one and this one. I'll provide better, more detailed reasoning before the meeting, but essentially I believe they represent unilaterally-implemented policy that should be brought to the community for formal approval/rejection. The first one, in particular, will require an addition to the protection policy if approved. Master Jon War Room Friday, January 20, 2012, 22:09 UTC
 * 7) Establishing a grace period for consensus discussions (ex: CT and TC forums) in regards to how soon a consensus measure can be re-proposed following the closure of a previous forum on the same subject. It may be good to establish separate periods of time each for consensus forums that end in success, failure, and no consensus. This essentially prevents those who might deliberately abuse the consensus forum procedure by proposing something over and over again in succession, and also provides protection for policy that achieves consensus by giving it a set period of time to exist before someone potentially tries repealing it. Note that this would not apply to a no-consensus forum like this one that was closed "early and without prejudice," to use the forum's own wording, so that a clearer procedure could be written up in its place. Toprawa and Ralltiir 23:45, January 20, 2012 (UTC)
 * 8) Unless Riff or someone else has already submitted it, discuss what goes into our Celebration VI fan table application (assuming we want a table). The deadline is just over two weeks after the Mofference, and I want to make sure we don't miss it like we did in 2010. I probably will not have specifics to propose, but I want to bring it up both for general discussion and as a reminder of the deadline as we get closer to it. &mdash;MJ&mdash; Jedi Council Chambers Saturday, January 21, 2012, 02:55 UTC

Attendance

 * 1) Toprawa and Ralltiir 20:50, January 20, 2012 (UTC)
 * 2) Tentatively. I'm looking forward to it, and should be able to make it, bar unforeseen circumstances. That time of February is particularly busy for me.&mdash; Cal Jedi Infinite Empire.svg (Personal Comm Channel) 20:53, January 20, 2012 (UTC)
 * 3) !crazylaugh 1358  (Talk)  20:54, January 20, 2012 (UTC)
 * 4) I should be there. <- Omicron (Leave a message at the BEEP! ) 20:58, January 20, 2012 (UTC)
 * 5) Menkooroo 21:06, January 20, 2012 (UTC)
 * 6) Master Jonathan Training Room Friday, January 20, 2012, 21:36 UTC
 * 7) Pfft, sleep is for lightweights. #european  &mdash;NA YAYEN  21:38, January 20, 2012 (UTC)
 * 8) Hopefully. --  I need a name  ( Complain here ) 22:12, January 20, 2012 (UTC)
 * 9) I look forward to the chaos. Jonjedigrandmaster  ( Talk ) 22:49, January 20, 2012 (UTC)
 * 10)  JangFett  (Talk) 23:14, January 20, 2012 (UTC)
 * 11) I'll be there for at least some of the time.-- Exiled Jedi  Oldrepublic crest.svg (Greetings)  23:24, January 20, 2012 (UTC)
 *  CC7567  (talk) 02:45, January 21, 2012 (UTC)

Comments
Is this meant to be Friday night or Saturday night in the U.S.? I think there's confusion over exactly what 00:00 UTC means. The intent of the time inserted into the infobox appears to be 7 pm EST Saturday night, but the time given under the "Next meeting header" translates to Friday night in the U.S. (00:00 UTC is always the beginning of the day, never the end). Which is it? Master Jonathan</b> Council Chambers</b> Friday, January 20, 2012, 21:33 UTC
 * I intended this to be on Saturday night for North American users. My apologies if I messed those times up. Feel free to fix it. Toprawa and Ralltiir 21:35, January 20, 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I've fixed both the infobox and the text above. Master Jonathan</b> Training Room</b> Friday, January 20, 2012, 21:36 UTC

Meeting transcripts

 * 1) January 7, 2006 (PDF)
 * 2) January 16, 2006 (PDF)
 * 3) February 2, 2006 (PDF)
 * 4) February 28, 2006 (PDF)
 * 5) April 16, 2006 (Text)
 * 6) May 14, 2006 (PDF)
 * 7) August 19, 2006 (Text)
 * 8) November 10, 2006 (Text) (PDF)
 * 9) December 8, 2006 (Text) (PDF)
 * 10) February 23, 2007 (Text) (PDF)
 * 11) June 2, 2007 (Text)
 * 12) September 9, 2007 (Text) (PDF)
 * 13) January 5, 2008 (Text)
 * 14) August 23, 2008 (Text) (Minutes)
 * 15) January 25, 2009 (Text) (Minutes)
 * 16) July 26, 2009 (Text) (Minutes)
 * 17) April 2, 2011 (Text) (Minutes)