Board Thread:Consensus Track/@comment-3485828-20140722174414/@comment-3523404-20140723040954

I agree that we are not required to enforce Wikia's Terms of Use on our Wikia; however, if an incident occurred where our policy was more liberal than Wikia's, the stricter policy would naturally be observed over the looser. To answer the question about whether we should ban underage users (users under 13 years of age), I would say no. While The Elder Scrolls series is rated mostly T or M, current policy dictates that chat and social namespaces have looser standards for censorship than the mainspace. Ideally, chat room discussions should focus on the games and contributions to the wiki proper, previous or impending, and thus worry of censoring ourselves before minors would be irrelevant. However, we know that youngster will enter the chat, and I do not feel that we have the right to prohibit them from communicating with other TES fans simply because we may discuss adult topics as well. So, my answer is: nay. We should not bar anyone from chat because of their age. I do not feel also that revealing ones age should be mandatory. I was not even aware that we were barred from revealing our age on the chat to begin with, but I see the purpose for this. Unless asked, we should not openly reveal that. And even if a user is underage, I do not believe they should be barred. Why is someone under the age of 13 on an internet chat room anyway? Is it our job to babysit them? Their parents need to be aware that their child may encounter mature content online, if they are online unsupervised. This is not our responsibility or obligation, I feel. Additionally, I do not feel that someone saying "I'm 12" should warrant an immediate ban or kick. For one, phrases such as "don't bully me I'm 12" have been commonly used by trolls all across cyberspace to incur rage and encourage further bullying. Thus, we must be more discerning with how we determine who to block or kick, if we decide, as a community, to disallow the presence of minors in the chat.