User blog comment:Ihaveawiixboxds/Underage Users Shouldn't Be Allowed./@comment-Drew1200-20121119161442

I have explained to this literally hundreds of times, but I will do it again anyways. I have done my research on COPPA. I did it very thoroughly. COPPA basically states in an attempt to protect the identity of younger children, that the only way they are permitted to use any online communication service, that they have to have parental permission. That covers everything from E-mail, to Wikia, to LMBs, to any forum. All's you have to do is ask your parents. We encourage everyone to do that, no matter what your age is.

The reason we choose to allow users under the age of 13 is because the LMBs allow them. It would be totally unfair to just let teens and adults on a site like this.

As for Wikia's policy about underage users, that's their responsibility, not ours. Aside from that, there are certain requirements needed to determine a user is underage. I believe that even if they publicly state that they are 9 in public chat, you can block them for that. I'm not exactly sure what the requirements for determining an underage user, I've never really studied it being that it's not my job.