Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-3026053-20130621001540/@comment-303594-20130621012846

From what I understand in the post, this is due to a change in the actual guideline for COPPA. To comply with the new guideline, Wikia needs to ensure it's not collecting personal information from users that might be under 13 on sites that might be considered to be aimed at that age group.

Wikia knows that this isn't something that it wants to do wikia-wide if it can avoid it, because Wikis should be open-edit, so this is the comprise needed in the new change in the law. I'm sorry, it sucks - but Wikia needs to comply with the new regulations.