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 has been scheduled for Saturday, April 2nd, 2011 at 22:00 UTC (which is 6PM Eastern in North America).

Agenda

 * 1) A revamp of the Main Page is long overdue. Our site is beginning to have a very dated look, and there is far too much plain text on the front page. Graestan ( Talk ) 17:43, March 4, 2011 (UTC)
 * 2) Portals are proposed, something like the reader-oriented version of the WookieeProject pages. People show up here looking for TCW and TOR and other new projects, so this would be quite a boon to the site. Graestan ( Talk ) 17:43, March 4, 2011 (UTC)
 * 3) I would like to personally plead for knowledgeable, experienced volunteers to patrol the Knowledge Bank. There are a few notable recent examples of people asking legit questions only to be met with speculative and noobish answers where someone who knew what they were talking about could have been very helpful. I suppose this could turn into a larger discussion as to whether we should have a Knowledge Bank anymore if this is how it's going to go, and also what possible repercussions answering questions with fanon or false site information, based on inexperience or not, would warrant. Graestan ( Talk ) 01:25, March 15, 2011 (UTC)
 * 4) We need to go over each item linked on the Community Portal. There are things on the page which probably do not belong, considering everyone who first touches the site has a wide avenue to biting off more than they can chew as it stands. Easing users into the community is best, so I am not sure community debates and requests for user rights belong on there. Graestan ( Talk ) 02:02, March 15, 2011 (UTC)
 * 5) Following a Senate Hall discussion, I'd like to propose a couple of amendments to the signature policy. Namely:
 * 6) *Addition of "Timestamps may be modified, subject to the following provisions: 1) they must remain in UTC, 2) they must retain all information present in the default timestamp, and 3) the month must be displayed as text, not numbers (to avoid confusion over MM/DD/YY and DD/MM/YY formats)."
 * 7) *Amendment of the color restriction to read, "You may only have one explicitly defined font color, one explicitly defined background color, and one border color in your signature."
 * 8) **Considering how many established users have been violating the color restriction for some time (as pointed out by Nayayen in the SH thread), we could possibly allow two explicit font colors if no explicit background or border colors are used. Essentially, you would get the option of a second font color or a background and border.  Master Jonathan  (Council Chambers)  Sunday, March 20, 2011, 15:45 UTC
 * 9) ***Personally, I'm more in favor of actually enforcing the rule as it stands. We have enforced this rule from time to time, mostly on noobs with no idea they're violating anything, and then people complain we have a double standard because some admins get away with this. I don't think it would be hard for some of these "established users" to revise their sigs to bring it in line with policy. Toprawa and Ralltiir 19:35, March 20, 2011 (UTC)
 * 10) *I would also like to add one to this list. Specifically, requiring the timestamp to be included in all signatures used on all public forum pages. The Sig policy doesn't specifically require this, and in fact actually includes wording that allows people to get away with only the version. Using the timestamp is really just common sense for basic date referencing and timekeeping purposes. Toprawa and Ralltiir 19:27, March 20, 2011 (UTC)
 * 11) In light of recent TCW episodes airing in the UK before the US, and not forgetting the same thing with episodes 15-21 in Season 2, we need to establish what is done with differing/earlier foreign release dates for products. NAYAYEN &mdash;it appears to be a frammistat 16:24, March 20, 2011 (UTC)
 * 12) As per AC Meeting 33, clarifying GAN rule #14 and possibly revisit the redlink rule. 1358  (Talk)  19:33, March 20, 2011 (UTC)

Attendance

 * 1) Graestan ( Talk ) 17:43, March 4, 2011 (UTC)
 * 2)  OLIOSTER  (talk) 17:45, March 4, 2011 (UTC)
 * 3) Why not. 1358  (Talk)  17:48, March 4, 2011 (UTC)
 * 4) Hooray! Menkooroo 18:16, March 4, 2011 (UTC)
 * 5) The madness of the Mofference is BACK! Jonjedigrandmaster  ( Talk ) 18:17, March 4, 2011 (UTC)
 * 6) I'll try my hardest. May catch the end if I don't the rest. Idk if I'll have to work and at what times, so yeah. My first Mofference! MasterFred Commerce Guild.svg(Whatever) 18:35, March 4, 2011 (UTC)
 * 7) Already waiting in the channel, two years and counting. (–Tm_T (Talk) 20:20, March 4, 2011 (UTC)
 * 8) NAYAYEN &mdash;it appears to be a frammistat 21:17, March 4, 2011 (UTC)
 * 9) Grand Moff Tranner Imperial Department of Military Research.svg (Comlink) 21:19, March 4, 2011 (UTC)
 * 10) Darth Trayus ( Trayus Academy ) 22:17, March 4, 2011 (UTC)
 * 11) I should be able to make it. Grunny  ( talk ) 23:08, March 4, 2011 (UTC)
 * 12) I'll try to make it, but no guarantees.  Master Jonathan  (Council Chambers)  Saturday, March 5, 2011, 00:08 UTC
 * 13) Will try.  CC7567  (talk) 07:46, March 8, 2011 (UTC)
 * 14) Finally. Pending I don't work that night. *fingers crossed* --  Riffsyphon  1024 08:39, March 8, 2011 (UTC)
 * 15) Here's hoping.  IFYLOFD  ( Floyd's crib ) 20:26, March 9, 2011 (UTC)
 * 16) Has it really been almsot two years?  Chack Jadson  (Talk) 15:14, March 15, 2011 (UTC)
 * 17) I'll definitely try and make it also.<- Omicron (Leave a message at the BEEP! ) 15:27, March 15, 2011 (UTC)
 * 18) Same here. Will try to make it, but I can't say anything for sure. QuiGonJinn  Senate seal.svg(Talk) 20:51, March 16, 2011 (UTC)
 * 19) &mdash; Axinal  Convocation Chamber 22:34, March 16, 2011 (UTC)
 * 20) 7am on a Sunday. Will try to make it.  Holocron Greatholocron.jpg (Complain) 20:53, March 20, 2011 (UTC)

Apologies

 * 1) I'll be out of the country. Not totally sure about time zones, but I'll likely be sleeping off a lengthy day of touristing it up in Central Europe, in a hotel that may or may not have internet access. jSarek 05:42, March 8, 2011 (UTC)
 * 2) I have to be up at 4.30am the next day, so I will be sleeping. --Jinzler 19:58, March 9, 2011 (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)