Forum:Age policy

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I have read the posts so far and have decided to share my opinion, however humble it might be. None of you at this point know who I am, but I have been monitoring this site and IRC very closely. The reason that I have done this is because my son is part of your group. He is part of the "under 13 group". I allow him to be a part of and participate in things online because I do monitor things closely. He has never lied about his age. It would have been really easy to do so. I don't know the true ages of everyone on here, but I have noticed that not everyone acts like they are in the "over 13" group. Sometimes, depending on what kind of day they are having, some barely make the "over 2 years old" group. You are right, age and maturity don't always go hand in hand and those who truly want to be on here are not going to be the ones that are causing trouble. Sometimes, being imperfect humans, everyone will have a bad day now and then and it might show on their postings. I know, by reading everything, that Door To Nothing has had some issues with the user Zach. I don't think that anything that took place was done with malicious intent. I think that anyone, regardless of age, that needs to be asked to straiten up and fly right should be. If they do not listen, then necessary measures should be taken. You are also correct in saying that not everyone is going to be truthful about their age and other things. Those that are honest in that, should be given credit for that honesty. For those of you who are the administrators and moderators of this group, you are doing an awesome job. Thanks. LopLady1

I would like to add an opinion less than worthless. Maturity is such a subjective word, dependable on a majority or an individual's viewpoint. That said, I wouldn't want to enforce an age policy, but if I find a user who acts immaturely - vandalism, legal threats and/or constant disruptive behavior - there won't be any hesitation on enforcement, more so if the user is aged below 13 years old. I welcome good faith edits by users of any age, creed and whatever labels humanity would want to apply, but if you are caught undermining a wikia wiki's purpose then I assure you enforcement based on Wikia's Terms of Use will be applied. That said (again) it doesn't matter if this wiki decides to adopt an age policy or not, a user will be responsible for his/her actions regardless. End of opinion, if you should want to stick with it that is up to you.  BLUER   一番   03:01, December 17, 2009 (UTC)


 * I've got to pretty much agree with Bluerfn and Yuan here. A lot of the people who have more inclination towards vandalism or are more annoying to deal with seem to be college-age, if anything, while I know of at least one account that is, well, not under 13 anymore, but was still very helpful on the Kingdom Hearts Mobile project. An age policy seems unenforceable, and not needed - we're going to get vandalism from 20-somethings, and we're going to get help from 10-somethings. Glorious  CHAOS!  05:20, December 17, 2009 (UTC)


 * really, all having an age restriction does is make people lie about their age. I've done it, and i still say I'm 18 on ebay. if they are making trouble block them, but otherwise their only crime is not haveing existed as long as someone else.


 * Since it's unanimous, same here. =]-- Xion 4  ever  04:51, December 21, 2009 (UTC)

Agreed.--&#91;&#91;User:RedemptionUltima&#93;&#93; 06:07, December 21, 2009 (UTC)

I am not sure if this was settled yet or not, but I'm putting my opinion in anyway. I think the age limit thing is kinda stupid, because the games are E and E+10. If they were E+13 then I see where an age restriction might come in. But they are E+10. I am 13, but for some odd reason people think I'm 12, and I am quite mature. Sure, I only make small edits, such as spelling, grammer, and common sense, but every little bit helps. Not all vandals are younger than 13. Anyone can vandalize. And having a age restriction might cause more vandalism, because younger editors who got banned might want revenge for being banned. -- 17:15, December 26, 2009 (UTC)

*sigh* Do I really care about how young or old someone is on this wiki? I care not. Do I care about how well-mannered someone is on this wiki? I think so.

The kingdom hearts series is a video game ment to be enjoyed by all ages, whether you be 3 or 81. I know a lot of young and old people like this game. Personally, just do what every wiki does; block those who's intentions are bad. While the stereotype of those who are young behave badly may or may not seem to be true, anyone has the ability to do both good or bad. Age should not matter; behavior should. Heck, the under 13/whatever age policy does not make sense in the slightest because of how lax it is; its easy to lie about your age on the internet and when I registered on the wikia, I did not remember seeing a 'please list your age' option(It was a while though since I registered so this may have changed.)

Overall, age should not matter here on this wikia; behavior definitely should. There should be no age policy on this wikia; stereotypes may have truth, but theres always somebody willing to dispel the truths about those stereotypes. An age policy on this wikia would just create more heated debate on this wikia. Got it memorized?--Pkthis 17:35, December 27, 2009 (UTC)