User blog:CMONYALL/Anonymous editing and commenting, yes or no?

To apply to changes to U.S. federal law (July 1, 2013) Wikia has decided to prohibit editing and commenting for anonymous users on a whole range of 'high risk' wikis that would allegedly be very appealing to young people, among which our beloved Paradise Island wiki. The law in question is the COPPA, which is designed to limit the collection of personal information from people younger than 13 years of age. Even storing an IP address along with a comment is illegal if the comment is made by a person younger than 13.

I would like to have a discussion here NOT about the law (we can't change that anyway), but about Wikia's decision to include our wiki in the list of wikis on which anonymous editing and commenting are turned off. Do we want this turned off? Do you think many people under the age of 13 visit our wiki? Any other thoughts?