User blog comment:Semanticdrifter/Updates to COPPA/@comment-452-20130624184531/@comment-168424-20130625163044

The checkbox was ruled out, but that doesn't really give us any insight into the alternatives considered. As usual, instead of approaching the community for suggestions and taking them into account, Wikia dropped their decision in with very little notice. I'm hoping it is because Wikia wasn't aware of the impact of the COPPA changes until very recently, but their past history doesn't serve them well.