mmmm ok, I'm really not in favor of any kid publisizing their age on
the net. Myspace must be a hunters paradise for guys into kids. I
think that age should never come into it and things like what to write
about in your user page should be on every new editor welcome
template.
But that certainly doesn't proclude anybody from being an active
wikipedian :-)
On 07/06/07, Newyorkbrad (Wikipedia) <newyorkbrad(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 6/7/07, michael west
<michawest(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> The 11yr old withdrew his nomination. He'd only been editing for
> 3months and 500 of his cout were on his own pages! He'd also, posted a
> blocked on somebodies page. (Perhaps out of spite or just not an admin
> yet). Most of the critism was ok, but but lad didn't know what hit
> him. On his user page he says he's taken a wikibreak! awww. Sometimes
> a lot of the kids act more maturely than the adults.
> Michael
>
> On 07/06/07, David Gerard <dgerard(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 07/06/07, Joe Szilagyi <szilagyi(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > And, I wager if he hadn't said he was 11 years old, and he'd
passed,
> people
> > > would shat themselves later when seven years from now he would be
old
enough
> > to run for Board of Directors. Or ArbCom, when he got his driver's
license!
>
>
> Oh, he could run for ArbCom. If he got it, though, he'd be the
> arbitrator without checkuser or oversight ...
>
>
> - d.
We have at least a couple of 12 y/o admins, self-identified as such,
right
now. For that matter, I nominated a candidate
that age last month (he
was
supported 27/0/0 at one point, although
ultimately consensus wasn't
reached). The age issue came up in a few of the oppose comments but it
was
pretty clear from the context that those editors
would have opposed
anyway.
I've never seen chronological age actually
change the outcome of an RfA
and,
despite the occasional "ageist"
comment, Wiki projects are pretty much
more
egalitarian age-wise than almost any other part
of society I can think
of.
>
> Newyorkbrad
I don't think that Wikipedians mentioning their ages on-wiki is a huge
problem as long as too much personal identifying information isn't being
given. There has been a movement to delete age categories for younger
editors and the like, which is fine to prevent any perception that we are
facilitating anyone being exploited, but if all you know about a person is
an age and a state or country, there is not too much risk.
I do grow concerned sometimes when younger administrators choose to edit
under their real names and locations. Not so much because of the
conventional WP:CHILD type concerns, as this is a pretty sophisticated
population, but because they may be uniquely subject to real-life harassment
by trolls or external sites if they happen to do something controversial.
Newyorkbrad
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