User blog comment:Aj732/PROTEST/@comment-6268337-20150808022236

For us at the Flipline Studios Wikia, as the focus of our site is a gaming site that caters to a younger audience, we do wind up with a lot of traffic from kids under the age of 13. I get it. And yes, we abide by the COPPA rules as well. If we find a member that inadvertently admits that he or she is under the age of 13, we have no choice but to tell him or her that they will be blocked from editing or contributing to the site until his or her thirteenth birthday and then block them.

They are more than welcome to use the site for research purposes, but they just can't contribute.

Now that's not to say that we have users who act mature for their ages as well and are under 13. We probably do. But we don't go out of our way to find them nor do we set traps for them. We do encourage others to let us know (with proof, no sense in accusing anyone) if they find someone underage, but again, we don't ask people to go and actively seek them out.

I do agree that it stinks because our site is catered towards kids, but I do understand the need for it. As a dad, I don't want my kids to inadvertently send out personal information as well, whether they have my permission to be on the site or not. It's good that Wikia as a whole enforces this policy.