[Wikia-l] Why is DOB required for registration?

[John Beckett]

Jamie Hari wrote:
> Let's call a spade, a spade here.
> Wikia is doing the right thing; legally and morally.

In that case it should be easy to insert a link to a page that briefly explains your
assertion.

>From Gil's comment, it sounds likely that the explanation won't be digestible to
non-lawyers. That's no problem. Just state the facts: Regulation such-and-such in
jurisdiction whatever, requires DOB for circumstances xxx.

> I know this from years upon years of experience in many 
> widely-varied online communities.

There are probably lots of other-kinds of people like me who are not in the habit of
registering at lots of communities and who are amazed to be asked DOB.

I just clicked "create account" at Wikipedia and there is no requirement for DOB,
yet they still have a privacy statement! I don't recall being asked DOB for my
Google account (gmail and Google Groups). I'm not saying that Wikia is wrong; I'm
pointing out that I have registered with several other organisations with no DOB
requirement, so some explanation should be provided on Wikia.

John