To be clear :-) The physical letter is a requirement people who might happen to encounter the "you can't register" problem that Jesus found related to 24 sept 1996 - not for ALL users - just the ones affected by the law that I'm told I can't go into detail on.
Jesús Martínez wrote: > 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 _______________________________________________ Wikia-l mailing list [email protected] http://lists.wikia.com/mailman/listinfo/wikia-l
