Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-3026053-20130621001540/@comment-5716479-20130622093827

Semanticdrifter wrote: Mbg2 wrote: There is not such a thing as restricting, either you collect that information or you don't, By "restrict" I meant keep from collecting. And I meant that if indeed collection of such info is a violation of the law, either you restrict it everywhere or you still liable. There are no prizes for second places ;)

Semanticdrifter wrote: Mbg2 wrote: Sorry, but I just don't see it. More and more it seems like just a wikia policy, where the law is used as an excuse to make it easier to swallow, because most wont argue with the law. How does this benefit Wikia? We do believe in the ideal of open editing, and if we didn't have to comply with federal law we certainly wouldn't go to all this trouble. I don't know about wikia, but I find that the way this policy is being presented on this thread by various users, as mandated by law, is highly exaggerated and goes against common sense.

To me this seem as local wikia policy, due to wikia stuff concerns regarding several recent issues concerning those communities that cater to younger audience and the IP restriction is your chosen way to deal with those issues, as opposed to something mandated by law or the only possible solution.