Board Thread:General discussion/@comment-5079138-20150714134657

NOTE: PLEASE, don't block me for telling the truth about me. BUL9 also told his real age in 2014, and he didn't get blocked. I still want to finish my edit streak badge, I really want to be an admin after 1k mainspace edits, and I usually be nice to others.

The story
I was born on February 23, 2001, and I joined this wiki on May 5, 2012; few months before the COPPA rule released. So, I was 11 when I joined the wiki the first time.

However, because the COPPA rule hadn't been released yet at that time, it was OK to create an account here if you're under 13.

Some time in the end of 2012, the COPPA rule was released. This means that users under 13 must be blocked until their 13th birthday. However, I never told my real age. I just put "20 years old male" instead on my userpage, to prevent the block. Sure enough, I didn't get blocked. I was safe.

However, my grammar was very, very horrible at that time (you can see my userpage content from 2012-2014 and laugh at them if you want to), so it's slightly obvious that I wasn't 20 at that time. However, I still didn't get blocked, probably because people understand that people that come from non-English speaking countries usually have bad grammar.

My real age now
I'm 14 now. That means, I can join social media sites, and sites that need log-ins now, including Wikia. I'm really sorry for not telling you my real age before, but the reason why is because there was no COPPA rule yet when I joined this wiki. COPPA rule ruined everything, and forced me to hide in a lie until 2014.

My grammar got even better now, since I'm now 14. Really, I'm trying to be as good as possible in spelling and grammar, but sometimes I can't, since having a perfect grammar is very hard.

Please, don't block me, since I'm no longer underaged now.

BUL9 also told his real age in 2014!
In this thread, BUL9 said this:

"Fun fact: I'm actually 14. April 28, 2000. I made a false age because COPPA is just as bad as SOPA, PIPA, ACTA, TPP, etc. It doesn't matter, since identity is not important, but edits and behavior are."

- Brainulator9

Well, he's 15 now (he posted that back in 2014).

I got the inspiration from this thread
Thread:184165 --> This is where I got the inspiration; a thread from 2014. 