User blog:Wetstream/Anonymous Editing



As you may see, our wikia has disabled anonymous editing. When you log in, you might have this little notification at the bottom of you screen. Due to COPPA, Wikia has deciding to review many wikias and disable anonymous editing based on activity and content.

If you read more on it you would see that it's to keep people under 13 off of sites that might ask for personal information or have content too mature for them. I do not know why our wikia was chosen knowing the content is just fanficiton, but it might be the steady flow of activity we currently have.

I already know of some wikias who decided to disable anonymous editing before COPPA was involved. If I can put in, I think it's a great idea.

I know we usually allow users younger than 13 on the wikia if they have the required maturity, and this won't change. We're still going to keep this rule, but you'll be forced to make an account instead. Disabling anonymous editing will also help maintain spammers and the trouble of just have an IP code roaming your wikia.

We already had a rule here saying that anonymous users were not allowed to edit stories or create new stories without making an account, this will just help set it in stone.

HOWEVER if you read more into this, you would see that anonymous contributers that ALREADY have edited on the wikia before the rule was set are still going to able to edit.

"We realize that many anonymous users make valuable contributions to communities. This decision is not based on a value judgement against anonymous contributors. We sincerely hope that all contributors who are eligible for an account decide to sign up for one. You can do so here, and encourage current anonymous contributors to register for an account. For anonymous contributions that have already been made to the wiki, there will be no attempt to stifle or remove them as they date from before the recent updates."

This may anger some of you since this is a US Federal Law and you are apart of a different country. We have no say in a Wikiawide decision, but if you have any questions or concerns for the decision, you can contact the main Wikia staff.

Thanks!

Fuzzy Blue Lights  If you began to wave goodbye... 16:01, July 3, 2013 (UTC)