Board Thread:Consensus Track/@comment-3485828-20140722174414/@comment-10353597-20140731201103

Xeromaus wrote: ゆ wrote: Bans aren't supposed to be a way to get rid of most the community simply because we don't like the fact they said their age, nor is it a punishment, it's a deterrent to further issues, banning anyone who mentions their age will cause a lot of issues. So a forum moderator thinks that most of the community would be banned form special:chat if it was a bannable offense to throw your age into the chat? What level of people do you hope to keep here, and why do we need to know how old they are?

All it allows for is the predation on, or ridicule of,  the extreme younger or older ages. It provides ZERO benefits in any way, shape, or form in the context of a wiki chat.Age in no way has any other bearing here, and due to it's current lower end, SHOULDN'T be allowed. We don't need to know how old they are, don't get me wrong, I know and agree that it's a bad idea to give out your age, but it shouldn't be a bannable offense unless they are of an extremely vulnerable age, e.g. 12 and under, the reason for this is that bans should be kept with a minimum, if there's a way to get through without a ban, it's the better choice. If somone 13 or over shows themselves to be immature by throwing their age all around the place, or there's someone trying to get personal information out of a child, it goes two ways of either the child is banned for immaturity or the adult is banned for soliciting personal information. Younger people should be kept safe, but we should be able to do this without a rule saying you can't mention your age unless you're 18 or 25, if it comes to a situation where a predator or any other dangerous adult PMs a younger person for information because the younger person gave away their age, I'd agree with you, I know this is a wide spread issue, but a strict ruleset will be nothing but a liability to the chat.