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There has been a long discussion about adminship and age[1] over the past while. Some say that users are being discriminated because of their age, while others may even take no other factor but age into consideration when !voting on an adminship discussion for an under-18 user. This may be a controversial issue for a long time, and the issue over adminship being granted to users under the age of 18 is currently a divided issue throughout the community. Users around the 12 to 14 year-old mark have been the ones being talked about. Users have opposed them because of age before, and some users are calling this ageism. Others are giving legitimate reasons for opposing young candidates, including the issue of being naturally immature or not trustworthy.


History of ageism on Wikipedia and so forth Discussions

Ageism on Wikipedia is seen in many ways by different editors. The main discussion started on a RFA on July 24, 2008. A user was opposed with the comments of "how can I trust a user who has a bedtime to be an admin.". This comment opened a disccusion to wether or not, age should indeed play a part in a RFA. The older editors decided that a user who is younger is least likely to show the maturity to be an admin and cannot be trusted because of the factor of age. The younger editors then fought back saying that age should not play a part, and that if a editor showed maturity, that should be enough to promote them to adminship. Later three furious editors opened a "cabal", created to stop ageism on Wikipedia. The cabal was quickly deleted and all discussions were closed.

Posting ages

On most websites, distributing ones age is usaully discouraged. This usually can get the person into danger and or life or death situations including: rape and other consequences.

Arguments of trust

Notes

  1. ^ See WT:RFA#Age and adminship for the discussion