User blog:BunsenH/Age

Officially, you're not supposed to have a Fandom account unless you're at least 14 years old. That means that you're not supposed to be posting here unless you're at least 14.

Even as an admin, I don't particularly care. Nobody has told me that I need to enforce that rule, and even if they did, I have no way of verifying anyone's age. On other wikis, I have seen groups of people screaming at someone they think is under-age, demanding that they admit it. That strikes me as being completely pointless, as well as creating an on-line environment that's extremely unpleasant.

I think it is likely that some people here are under-age, based on what I see of their writing and behaviour. But I can't tell for sure if they're young, or if they're people who are over 14 but behaving like someone younger. I do know that this wiki can be (and is) read by anyone, regardless of age, even by Fandom's rules. You don't have to have an account to read stuff here, and the contents of this wiki are widely distributed to other sites (as well as apps) that have no age restrictions.

So what I try to do is control people's behaviour here, to keep things running smoothly, and to make the wiki pleasant and fun for people of all ages. If someone appears to be young based on their writing style, but is getting along with everyone else, that's fine by me. And I will not tolerate other people being mean to someone just because they appear to be young. If someone appears to be grown-up based on their writing style, but is behaving badly, they get blocked. If someone appears to be young, and is behaving badly, they get blocked too... not because they're young, but because of the behaviour. I don't tolerate insults or tantrums from anyone.

I want people to have fun here. But if someone's idea of "fun" is going to make thing unpleasant for other people, that gets stopped as quickly as I can manage it. There are other wikis where people spend a lot of time screaming insults at each other. I have never enjoyed being around that kind of thing, even when I was young, and I'm not going to let this wiki be like that. If you find that kind of thing fun, then please go to one of those other wikis. This is a wiki where people are nice to each other. Regardless of things like age, language, where they live or who they are.