"FreeNode" in IRC server list is incorrectly capitalized

Thank you for your bug report. This bug has been reported to the developers of the software. You can track it and make comments at: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=616711

This is fixed upstream
"Fixed to master. I backported the irc-networks.xml patch to 2.30 but not the doc one as that's a string change."

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empathy 2.30.1-0ubuntu1 from lucid-proposed successfully resolves this issue. Attached is a screenshot showing that empathy now correctly calls the IRC network 'freenode' instead of 'FreeNode'

This bug was fixed in the package empathy - 2.30.1-0ubuntu1

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empathy (2.30.1-0ubuntu1) lucid-proposed; urgency=low

  * New upstream release: (LP: #567277)
    Bugs fixed:
     - Fixed #616629, crash in XRootWindow (Sjoerd Simons)
     - Fixed #616301, [patch] crash when closing a call. (David Laban)
     - Fixed #616660, empathy-accounts g-c-c module needs to setup l10n (Rob
       Bradford)
     - Fixed #616711, "FreeNode" in IRC server list is incorrectly capitalized
      (Guillaume Desmottes) (LP: #569276)
    Updated translations
  * debian/empathy-common.gconf-defaults: revert change in 2.30.0.2
    (don't change the default behavior in a SRU which is hiding offline users)
  * debian/patches/99_autoreconf.patch: refreshed

empathy (2.30.0.2-0ubuntu1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low

  * New upstream release:
    - Fixed #615027, empathy crashed with SIGSEGV in g_object_unref()
      (Guillaume Desmottes
    - Fixed #615058, Wrong account name when using the assistant (Guillaume
      Desmottes)
    - Fixed #615164, Keyboard controls for rearranging tabs are reverse from
      changing tabs (Mirsal Ennaime)
    - Fixed #615734, Account creation wizard fails to create the last account.
      (David Laban)
    - Fixed #615827, generic widget should put advanced section into a scrolled
      window (Guillaume Desmottes)
    - Fixed #615829, Crash when trying to add an account (Guillaume Desmottes)
    - Fixed #615970, Crashes when haze crashes (Guillaume Desmottes)
    - Fixed #616012, Tabs menu doesn't update when tabs are moved with hotkeys
      (Mike Ruprecht)
    - Fixed #616267, Offline contacts not shown by default (Guillaume Desmottes)
    - Updated translation
  * debian/patches/99_autoreconf.patch: refreshed
 -- Didier Roche <email address hidden> Wed, 28 Apr 2010 11:46:18 +0200

Copied lucid-proposed to maverick.

This bug was fixed in the package empathy - 2.30.1-0ubuntu1

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empathy (2.30.1-0ubuntu1) lucid-proposed; urgency=low

  * New upstream release: (LP: #567277)
    Bugs fixed:
     - Fixed #616629, crash in XRootWindow (Sjoerd Simons)
     - Fixed #616301, [patch] crash when closing a call. (David Laban)
     - Fixed #616660, empathy-accounts g-c-c module needs to setup l10n (Rob
       Bradford)
     - Fixed #616711, "FreeNode" in IRC server list is incorrectly capitalized
      (Guillaume Desmottes) (LP: #569276)
    Updated translations
  * debian/empathy-common.gconf-defaults: revert change in 2.30.0.2
    (don't change the default behavior in a SRU which is hiding offline users)
  * debian/patches/99_autoreconf.patch: refreshed

empathy (2.30.0.2-0ubuntu1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low

  * New upstream release:
    - Fixed #615027, empathy crashed with SIGSEGV in g_object_unref()
      (Guillaume Desmottes
    - Fixed #615058, Wrong account name when using the assistant (Guillaume
      Desmottes)
    - Fixed #615164, Keyboard controls for rearranging tabs are reverse from
      changing tabs (Mirsal Ennaime)
    - Fixed #615734, Account creation wizard fails to create the last account.
      (David Laban)
    - Fixed #615827, generic widget should put advanced section into a scrolled
      window (Guillaume Desmottes)
    - Fixed #615829, Crash when trying to add an account (Guillaume Desmottes)
    - Fixed #615970, Crashes when haze crashes (Guillaume Desmottes)
    - Fixed #616012, Tabs menu doesn't update when tabs are moved with hotkeys
      (Mike Ruprecht)
    - Fixed #616267, Offline contacts not shown by default (Guillaume Desmottes)
    - Updated translation
  * debian/patches/99_autoreconf.patch: refreshed
 -- Didier Roche <email address hidden> Wed, 28 Apr 2010 11:46:18 +0200

Same bug on XChat.
I see it's an old and fixed bug in Empathy, but it is still not fixed in XChat on ubuntu 10.10.

I think that it could be "Freenode".