Forum:Underage Users

We have our answer to the whole underage user thing. To quote: "Just to clarify here, it is ok if people under the age of 13 use Wikia; what COPPA (and thus Wikia Terms of Use) does not allow is the creation of an account by anybody under the age of 13.

''We ask that admins and others report underage users with accounts through Special:Contact as TK-999 says.

''That said, a local block does not "enforce" COPPA; only disabling the account can actually do that, because the problem is having the account at all. If you prefer to ban users that have revealed via chat they are underage on your wiki, that is a decision for you and your community. However, Wikia does not ask admins to police this aspect of our Terms of Use."

- Wendy (Wikia Staff)

We need to decide how we wish to handle this locally. Personally, I feel the current policy is sufficient (namely, handle it case by case and if the user becomes a problem to ban them on the grounds of being underage).

 [ EvergreenFir] [ Talk][ Contributions] 18:53, November 10, 2012 (UTC)