Ah, good old COPPA forms. On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 6:55 AM, Gil Penchina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > 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 > -- Victor ('Daworm') AoCWiki Sysop (http://aoc.wikia.com/)
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