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 (NickServ) in order to enter the main channel.

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

Users who use the webchat 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, June 23, 2013 at 0:00 UTC, which is Saturday night, June 22 at 8 PM ET 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.

I also encourage everyone to be mindful of not leaving too many agenda items per person. Since we have a limited amount of time, try to allow space for everyone to potentially list something. Also, please avoid listing broad, open-ended discussion items such as "What are our plans for Celebration Europe?", "Episode 7's impact on canon and our wiki", or pretty much anything to do with the developments regarding Wikia's new features. While no less important, no one wants to be here for four hours, so these things are best left for Senate Hall forums. Thank you. Toprawa and Ralltiir (talk) 22:15, June 4, 2013 (UTC)


 * 1) Amendment to the Voting Policy.&mdash; Cal Jedi Infinite Empire.svg (Personal Comm Channel) 02:14, June 8, 2013 (UTC)
 * 2) Minor addition to the Layout Guide  JangFett  (Talk) 15:22, June 8, 2013 (UTC)
 * 3) Rank and title capitalization. According to our current policy, articles are to capitalize names of ranks and titles when used to refer to a specific individual. For example, when referring to Admiral Ackbar: "The Admiral fought during the Battle of Endor." They are not to be capitalized when referring to the specific rank. Example: "As admiral, he commanded a starship." To give a brief history of this rule, this is something Wookieepedia ignored as a whole for quite some time until a few diligent members of the AgriCorps started enforcing it per their duties, and it has since become more widely adhered to by the community as a result, although many have often voiced displeasure with this rule, and even today some continue to misapply it from being unaware of its existence. What makes this rule strange is that it is directly contradictory to most real-world style practices. To choose two of the most widely used, AP Style (used by the mainstream media) says the following on this: Capitalize a military rank when used as a formal title before an individual's name [...] Spell out and lowercase a title when it is substituted for a name: "Gen. John J. Pershing arrived today. An aide said the general would review the troops." The Chicago Manual of Style says: Civil, military, religious, and professional titles are capitalized when they immediately precede a personal name [...] Titles are normally lowercased when following a name or used in place of a name. Examples: President Lincoln; the president - General Bradley; the general. I propose that we amend this rule to reflect common real-world practice. The proposed new policy wording would read: "Ranks and titles are to be capitalized when they immediately precede an individual's name. Do not capitalize ranks or titles when used as a substitute for the name. 'As an experienced leader, Admiral Ackbar served the Rebel Alliance. The admiral later served the New Republic.'" Note that this will not affect the final sentence in that policy section regarding titles that are always capitalized. Toprawa and Ralltiir (talk) 19:28, June 11, 2013 (UTC)

Attendance

 * 1) Toprawa and Ralltiir (talk) 22:15, June 4, 2013 (UTC)
 * 2) I should be able to attend.-- Exiled Jedi  Oldrepublic crest.svg (Greetings)  22:21, June 4, 2013 (UTC)
 * 3) TEH MOFFERENCE Cade  StupidRepublicEmblem-Traced-TORkit.svg  Calrayn  22:23, June 4, 2013 (UTC)
 * 4) That should be okay. --LelalMekha (talk) 22:29, June 4, 2013 (UTC)
 * 5) My first Mofference :) Supreme Emperor (talk) 22:33, June 4, 2013 (UTC)
 * 6) Should be able to. 501st  dogma ( talk ) 23:45, June 4, 2013 (UTC)
 * 7) &mdash; Cal Jedi Infinite Empire.svg (Personal Comm Channel) 13:06, June 5, 2013 (UTC)
 * 8) I should be able to make it  JangFett  (Talk) 13:28, June 5, 2013 (UTC)
 * 9) 1358  (Talk)  19:28, June 6, 2013 (UTC)
 * 10) Barring something unexpected coming up. &mdash;MJ&mdash; Training Room 01:10, June 9, 2013 (UTC)
 * 11) I'm coming home from University the day before but hopefully should be able to make it. Ayrehead02 (talk) 19:19, June 9, 2013 (UTC)
 * 12) Tyber J. Kenobi's Droid 19:44, June 11, 2013 (UTC)

Apologies

 * 1) Starting my job tomorrow, and weekend evening are when I'm probably going to be working, so I'm just going to assume I won't be able to make it. Tope gets my vote if I can't show up. :D MasterFred Commerce Guild.svg(Whatever) 22:56, June 4, 2013 (UTC)
 * 2) *I appreciate that, as well as your willingness to participate in absentia, but we typically have not allowed proxy votes for Mofferences like we do for Inqmoots and AC meetings, for example. Considering the Mofference is basically a real-time CT forum, that can get kind of messy. Toprawa and Ralltiir (talk) 23:00, June 4, 2013 (UTC)
 * 3) **Oh, I didn't even realize proxy votes were a legit thing at any meeting. I was just joking. XD MasterFred Commerce Guild.svg(Whatever) 23:01, June 4, 2013 (UTC)
 * 4) ***Fred pls Cade  StupidRepublicEmblem-Traced-TORkit.svg  Calrayn  23:01, June 4, 2013 (UTC)
 * 5) ****Shush you. MasterFred Commerce Guild.svg(Whatever) 23:18, June 4, 2013 (UTC)
 * 6) ***** Fred overridden by AgriCorps 1358  (Talk)  19:28, June 6, 2013 (UTC) 
 * 7) ******XD XD XD &mdash; Cal Jedi Infinite Empire.svg (Personal Comm Channel) 22:00, June 6, 2013 (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)
 * 18) February 12, 2012 (Text) (Minutes)
 * 19) November 11, 2012 (Text) (Minutes)