Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-3390396-20130704105258/@comment-3390396-20130704160203

It's not about vandalism, Robo, it's about collecting IPs, or Internet Protocols. MediaWiki collects the IPs of users when they edit, and the latest amendment of the COPPA law makes the collection of IPs of children younger than 13, illegal. Therefore, Wikia has disabled anonymous editing on wikis whose topics, it believes, cater to a young audience - children are most likely going to edit in a wiki for Ben 10, rather than a wiki for a rather adult novel series. If the community of a wiki so chosen argues that its topic is not directed at children, Wikia might reconsider its decision and might enable anonymous editing. Exampli gratia, Fairy Tail Wiki. See one of its forums for the discussion.