We're having some reports from users that can't create an account, as I reported on <http://www.wikia.com/wiki/Forum:Account_creation_problem>
I could reproduce that, but I didn't find any relation between that "Unable to create registration" and the DOB. Now there's a clear relation. Whenever i put a DOB upper than 24 sept 1996 i get this error. If i put a lower DOB, the registration is successful. There's no explanation of why of that error. I edited [[MediaWiki:Userlogin-unable-info]] adding a link to our forums so people could tell us that tere's a problem here, but it could be annoying for us if we receive several complaints and I couldn't explain why they couldn't login. I could add something like "You are under age of X and you can't create an account here because US laws doesn't allow that" in [[MediaWiki:Userlogin-unable-info]], but it's hard to tell that to users that don't edit from the US. We are also affected by that f*ing laws? Prevent people under certain age from registering, and we couldn't tell them the real reson for that? This is *seriously* annoying. 2008/9/23 sannse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi, > > It's a legal thing. > > As we have universal login for 9000+ wikis, it's considered safest for > us to ask for a real date of birth. That way we ensure we do the > right thing for all our varied communities while complying with > federal regulations. > > I've posted the same thing in reply to the forum thread > > -- sannse > > Lisa "sannse" Carter > Wikia Community and Technical Team > http://www.wikia.com > > > On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 3:29 AM, John Beckett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> A user has complained that when he used "Create an account" on our wiki, he >> was >> required to enter his birth date (he did NOT register, and emailed me >> privately). >> >> On "create account", I don't see a link to a privacy page, nor any hint why >> Wikia >> would collect DOB. If it is to determine identity when a password is lost >> and email >> doesn't work, I think there should be a hint in some additional text under >> "Real >> name is optional". If the DOB is for statistics (like age of users), surely >> you >> should just ask for birth year? >> >> Why is DOB required? I notice that someone else also wants to know: >> http://www.wikia.com/index.php?title=Forum:Birthdate >> >> John >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikia-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.wikia.com/mailman/listinfo/wikia-l >> > _______________________________________________ > Wikia-l mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.wikia.com/mailman/listinfo/wikia-l > _______________________________________________ Wikia-l mailing list [email protected] http://lists.wikia.com/mailman/listinfo/wikia-l
