User blog comment:Norleon/COPPA - Appropriate or not?/@comment-9545456-20130706114005

Well, this COPPA is something.... and does have a point. I see that wikia attempted to cope up by making this  "no account - no contribution" or limitation of service (since there is technically no way of determining the age of an anonymous user). Though it initially solves the issue, anons who are bounded in the set of legal age will find it more difficult to contribute. If they find some kind of flaw or something that needs a change, they would have to undergo the sign-up process. This would generally require some effort, even if that object they feel that needs change is just a small part of an article (maybe just a few words), and therefore may discourage the anon of even doing such, (unless he/she is determined/really wants to do it). Looking at good side once more, the privacy of those included in the set of under the minimal age of contribution will be respected (but, will the IP address, that changes periodically, will really be a BIG compromise? ...That: I do not know)....

I agree with you guys with your opinions about the fans or the people aimed....

So I'm kinda at the boundary between the two. If this is to become permanent here, I encourage anons to create an account and as the community central blog stated, they must confirm that they are of legal age as part of agreement... If it is destined not to affect this wiki, then I leave the future in the hands of fate (I mean what can we possibly do if a random under-the-legal-age fan or just a typical internet-user appears? After all, the primary goal of the wiki is to spread knowledge...)

[I, myself, was just at the minimum legal age when I first came here..]