Board Thread:Consensus Track/@comment-27007772-20140721212839/@comment-10353597-20140721225543

Elchzard wrote:

I don't think it's unacceptable for users to not want an bureaucrats that relatiates this way. About not enforcing the correct rules, no other admins (that I'm aware of) have said what you have, again, it's not unacceptable for people to think that an inactive user isn't fully aware of how rules are enforced, reacting politely to this would have averted this situation. I see that in this you tried to achieve this, but in retaliation, telling the moderators why this is the case may have averted this situation as well.

A lack of communication between the moderation and admin team has again created a situation in which both sides are going "this is how it is" "no, this is how it is" "no" "yes". A wiki shouldn't be run in a way in which the admins tell the moderators do, in my opinion, it should be run as a collaborative effort. I'd like to see a way in which Elchzard doesn't need to be demoted, perhaps, having some idea on how the banning of an underage user should take place.

At this time, I am, while Elchzard started off by politely asking that underage users should not be banned due to issues in the past, I see his later posts differ from how an admin should react, due to the way he comes off as aggressive.

Also, to get at least one of the issues presented out of the way: Merrystar wrote: Hi. This is actually a question that seems to generate a lot of confusion. 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.

I hope this makes things a little clearer for anybody else looking for information on this issue! |