Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25855974-20160213083634/@comment-25648422-20160213090640

Komishiro85 wrote: see, even if you censor something, people always find ways around it. See, did you know there are 10,000 possible combinations to 4 digit numbers? That's a lot! Imagine 5 digit numbers! The same goes with letters and symbols. Anyone can change an s to a z or a @ to an a. Also, most people know what's being censored already.

I do know your concern for children or maybe sensitive people, but when they first made wikia, I am pretty sure they didn't think about kids joining or becoming helpers.

I remember when Myspace first came out. You had to be 18 to join the site, so everyone would make themselves older. So, they took the 18 part out and changed it. If this was a kid's site, or a site meant for teens, I think that would be a different story. But, because this site is like a dictionary, all words would then have to be used and uncensored. I really doubt wikia ever censoring words on here. Personal pages are a different story. Well there are content around Wikia that includes swearing, like a wiki about a movie or a game that has swear words. That won't probably be a problem as long as they don't abuse it like saying the "f" word immaturely. Wikis can implement swearing or not but if there is one common thing that should be taken for commen sense, swearing shouls not be abused nor used to harass others.

Wikia not thinking about the kids that would join? Don't think so. The US government required them to enfore COPPA as part of the Terms of Use. That is why the Terms of Use say you must be 13 or older in order to create a Wikia account. If anyone finds out that you are underaged, chances are, your account will be disabled.