Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-33046846-20170712141526

This has been something I've been mad about lately, and it's not really stopping, so I'd like to bring this message across the wiki.

Underage means that a user is under 13, and can not have a FANDOM account.

NEVER ASSUME A USER IS UNDERAGE. There have been several times I have witnessed where someone put a bunch of spam in a comment, and admins have blocked them for "being underage." Being immature or using spam does not automatically mean underage. Immaturity and age are not equal, and you there can very easily be a mature user who is like 12 and an immature user who is 15. So, remember: you can only tell a user is underage if they admit it. This means they clearly reveal their age, and you know they're underage. For example, "I'm 9" or "I was born in 2008." These are examples of this, and you can tell these users are underage as they admitted it. Keep in mind that you should never, ever ask a user for their age on FANDOM. While you need to be 13 or older to have an account on FANDOM per the Terms of Use, you also can not ask a user for their age per the Terms of Use.

Lastly: if you see an underage user who admits their age, DO NOT report it to an admin. Per FANDOM staff, communities should NOT block users for being underage. Instead, report the user to FANDOM staff using Special:Contact/general. Remember that FANDOM can not use screenshots and chat logs as evidence. Please provide links to the user and where they explicitly revealed their age. Also, remember that they will not take something like "this video was the first one to release after I was born" as an explicit example."

So, you can only tell a user is underage if they explicitly reveal their age or birth year. And, if you find one doing this, report them to FANDOM using Special:Contact/general. This has been an issue recently, so I had to make this message to get it across.

Thank you. 