User blog comment:Obi the LEGO Fan/Policy discussion/@comment-5772846-20140126153852/@comment-4845243-20140126161359

I agree with Ire. The reason is not that I think people should share personal information, but because banning them for doing so does no good. Some people also choose to use the function on their profile that links to their facebook and twitter. Should we really be making a rule that forces people to not use something wikia made? :P For the most part I think it would be stupid to give out personal info, and I think it should be discouraged. But banning them doesn't make them safe. :P Also, with avatars (and the facebook/twitter function), we have the problem that they are global. Users on other wikis may have real life pics and then join this wiki. According to our rules, even Brandon Rhea should have been banned. Obviously we weren't going to ban a staff member, but we shouldn't have rules that don't apply to everyone.