Community talk:Animal Crossing Community

Should this really be a page? I mean... it's about a fansite... 50 pxNintendoLover is AWESOME! ^{You knew that!} 16:48, 21 November 2010 (EST)

I'm not entirely on board with this, but there is an ongoing project related to the creation of pages for fansites. --Jake 16:52, 21 November 2010 (EST)

Oops, didn't see your post Jake. Would this not be better as a template or something on the main page? I'm not sure a page would really work, as the articles should be more AC based rather than advertising space. Will check out the thread though. - MerrytonRyan 17:36, 21 November 2010 (EST)

That's fine. I've restored the article. I'm not sure if this deserves an article either. Maybe we should just consolidate all of them into one page? --Jake 17:40, 21 November 2010 (EST)

I think we should have this page, but it might cause issues. Other pages are more important (i.e. NES games). Super ^(duh...)Alpaca 17:43, 21 November 2010 (EST)

Only problem is you might get people with small fansites attempting to use a page like to for their websites - it might create a messy precedent :P Perhaps we should stick to "Official" sites and very popular sites? I'm sure we had a page of some sort for that already. The page would need to be locked to avoid random adds and edits though. - MerrytonRyan 17:46, 21 November 2010 (EST)

I recommended semi-protecting all of these fansite articles. Only auto-confirmed users would be able to edit them, effectively preventing advertising. What do you think? --Jake 17:49, 21 November 2010 (EST)

MR, this is a major site; Jake, users will still try to edit them, but it is the best we can do. Super ^(duh...)Alpaca 17:54, 21 November 2010 (EST)

Users can't edit them without a commitment to the site. That's the purpose of autoconfirmation and our patrolling team. I think we'll be fine. --Jake 17:59, 21 November 2010 (EST)

I do to, but these are still likely targets for spam/advertising. Super ^(duh...)Alpaca 18:07, 21 November 2010 (EST)

COPPA

Not intentionally being rude but I like how the US are profitting from children using websites :P I've never heard of this before, it's completely different to how the UK treat online users! - MerrytonRyan 19:51, 23 January 2011 (EST)

The $0.30 donation is actually just what ACC requires for verification. An email or fax with a parent's signature is all that's legally required under federal law. --Jake 20:00, 23 January 2011 (EST)

Indeed but from what I read on the COPPA details they worry that an email isn't enough as it can be easily falsified, and sending a scanned copy of a parents signature can easily be falsified too under that logic, under 13s are smart little beggars :P It's interesting they've taken this form of action to tackle children using the internet. Over here we have the "Data Protection Act" which covers everyone, from children to the elderly, so any sharing of personal data (by a company, not an individual) is illegal. Children just have to sign T&Cs and parents have to moderate what their children get up to :) - MerrytonRyan 20:09, 23 January 2011 (EST)