08-15-2019, 08:05 PM
(08-15-2019, 07:08 PM)EDGE Wrote: Just thought I'd ask here since we are at it.I'm going to second this. I really don't think there should be personal information on the wiki (if we keep user pages), unless the original user posts it themselves or okays it being posted to the wiki. Having personal information on the wiki ties a user to their past (which may not always have been so great), and people don't need to be shamed years down the line for something they did as a kid or teen. There have already been incidents where users have been targeted using decade old drama from the wiki for malicious purposes. Or there have also been cases where that information has been used against them in the employment process.
I don't recall telling anyone my name yet it's in my MFGG WIKI page.
It doesn't bother me at all, I just don't remember anyone mentioning it to me... that information just seemed to appear there out of nowhere.
Would it be too much trouble to ask Members if they are okay with the information submitted in their page? (Not sarcasm, just a question/suggestion.)
More on this, I feel that if user pages are to be kept, there needs to be an option to opt out of having a user page. There is a serious issue if user's real life well being can be affected by information that is posted on the wiki of some Mario fan game site. If someone wants all of their information to stay on the wiki, cool, more power to them, but for other users that would rather move on from their past, I think having the option to opt out and delete their page is the best middle ground. Its unacceptable and unethical to have personal information on the wiki without the consent of the original user and I'm sure plenty would rather bury their past. I'll be perfectly honest, I don't know what the wiki's current policy is on this, but if a similar policy is not already implemented, I really feel that it ought to be.
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