Board Thread:Wiki management/@comment-4812386-20130702001358/@comment-4196050-20130706162408

StarBase10 wrote: Ava5577 wrote: I don't get the meaning of this. Just to clarify, a law was placed on the Wikia in that IP addresses (identification of device on the internet) of a young children's device cannot be collected, which is why anonymous editing is disabled in Wikia until further notice. Because of this, there are both good and bad things that can come out of this action; one of the good news is that it can greatly decrease vandalism in the wiki, though the bad news is that it can force any potential legitimate anonymous editor to create or use an account in order to be able to edit an article. It is not a new law. It's a law that has been around since the late 1990's (Remember when we had to give our parent's email if we wanted to join an online game while being under the age of 13? That was because of this law.), but it was updated within the past year, and the effects of it took place on the frst of july. An IP address can be considered collectable personal information, and this law wants to minimalize the amount of personal information collected by users under 13.