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Hi Sannse! I've noticed your 4-year-old comments at [[starwars:forum:Issues of age and identity]], and wonder if Wikia still has the same basic attitude towards COPPA these days. We've potentially run into a case of an obviously under-13 posting video of himself. It was removed on the grounds that it failed our rather strict [[tardis:video policy|video policy]]. When the user effectively asked me to review the decision, it became apparent that it was probably a video that ''featured'' the user. So now, I don't want to re-allow it on the basis that it's personal information about an under-13. Is this the right action, or should we be alerting someone at Wikia who will then deal with it directly? {{user:CzechOut/Sig}} <span style="{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}}">'''06:02:25 Fri '''10 Jun 2011 </span> | Hi Sannse! I've noticed your 4-year-old comments at [[starwars:forum:Issues of age and identity]], and wonder if Wikia still has the same basic attitude towards COPPA these days. We've potentially run into a case of an obviously under-13 posting video of himself. It was removed on the grounds that it failed our rather strict [[tardis:video policy|video policy]]. When the user effectively asked me to review the decision, it became apparent that it was probably a video that ''featured'' the user. So now, I don't want to re-allow it on the basis that it's personal information about an under-13. Is this the right action, or should we be alerting someone at Wikia who will then deal with it directly? {{user:CzechOut/Sig}} <span style="{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}}">'''06:02:25 Fri '''10 Jun 2011 </span> | ||
:Hi, yes what I said there still applies. I would recommend deleting personal info of any young person, and [[special:Contact|letting us know]] of any situation worrying you, but the overall advice is that COPPA is about Wikia and not you as an admin :) -- [[User:Sannse|sannse]] http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png <small>([[w:c:community:Forum:Community_Central_Forum|help forum]] | [[w:c:community:Blog:Wikia_Staff_Blog |blog]])</small> 21:21, June 12, 2011 (UTC) | |||
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Age issues
Hi Sannse! I've noticed your 4-year-old comments at starwars:forum:Issues of age and identity, and wonder if Wikia still has the same basic attitude towards COPPA these days. We've potentially run into a case of an obviously under-13 posting video of himself. It was removed on the grounds that it failed our rather strict video policy. When the user effectively asked me to review the decision, it became apparent that it was probably a video that featured the user. So now, I don't want to re-allow it on the basis that it's personal information about an under-13. Is this the right action, or should we be alerting someone at Wikia who will then deal with it directly?
czechout<staff /> ☎ ✍ <span style="">06:02:25 Fri 10 Jun 2011
- Hi, yes what I said there still applies. I would recommend deleting personal info of any young person, and letting us know of any situation worrying you, but the overall advice is that COPPA is about Wikia and not you as an admin :) -- sannse http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 21:21, June 12, 2011 (UTC)
