Requests for Comment/Age rating should not be considered valid points on CGW

{{ClosedRfC|{{notdone|Not done}} for a couple of reasons: 1, without the age rating, that would most likely fall under false advertising, and 2, the chances of this RfC passing is pretty slim to none, especially when false advertising is a problem in everything, even in movie posters. --DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) 13:52, 13 November 2021 (UTC)|For PC and console games, it is usually determined by ESRB (and other regional equivalents), game developers have little control over it. For iOS games, developers have some control on age rating as it is based on a quiz, but Apple staff can change it too. In the article Coin Master, I'm pretty sure the age rating 17+ is because it has frequent simulated gambling, which is true. For the Hole.io page, I could be wrong but I think it is that the developers didn't bother retaking the quiz or contacting Apple to request an appeal.

Even if game developers actually do have a lot of control over age rating and just don't bother trying to lower it, this isn't really a downside for consumers (it more affects the developers by reducing younger kids as their audience).

I know I can just edit the articles to remove these points, but I want to discuss about this and making this an official rule.

Oppose

 * 1) Some media (And this can apply to all of our wikis) have an incorrect age rating, so that's something that needs to be pointed out at times. Wing Commander confed star.pngTigerBlazer  10:17, 18 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Poor choice of rating doesn't have much effect on the content itself. That's more of a trivia observation unless the distinction is very serious; and how that's decided is also rather subjective. --Raidarr (talk) 10:21, 18 October 2021 (UTC)
 * 1) with a strong recommendation of immediately closing this request: Ok. According to you, that shouldn't matter, but what if a game has tons of gore and mature themes and it gets a E/6+ rating (Like the infamous  Felix bootleg)?. We need to mention that to warn the user that the developers lied. King Dice (talk) 01:39, 19 October 2021 (UTC)
 * I'm talking about ratings higher than it should be, not for ratings lower than it should be. Please read the proposal --Atomicstar (talk) 02:56, 19 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Still, the developers lied to the consumer, we need to tell the people that. King Dice (talk) 11:18, 19 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Is it really the developers who lied if the rating was not assigned by the developers themselves? --Raidarr (talk) 13:11, 19 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Firstly, age rating isn't really a form of advertising or testimonial (except for games that are made for children as their primary audience). Secondly, if your taste for games is violence and other mature themes, looking at the age rating is not a very good way to decide whether or not to get a game. Thirdly, as I mentioned, in most cases, developers don't have much control. --Atomicstar (talk) 21:52, 19 October 2021 (UTC)
 * No, there's a reason why they should be valid, given that some games may contain more than what's on the cover-art or on the game disc from the game box it came out of. --DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) 11:21, 19 October 2021 (UTC)
 * 1) I agree with everyone else. It can still be a problem. FatBurn0000 (talk) 06:01, 12 November 2021 (UTC)

Abstain
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 * 1) This would be something to suggest locally, since affecting only one wiki (though probably AGW by extension) makes it a local matter rather than a QP wide one. I do think the request is reasonable, but I would also make it convention to say 'that doesn't hold up' rather than add yet another rule; thus even if this RfC was appropriate here I'd oppose the 'rule' aspect. --Raidarr (talk) 08:12, 18 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Sorry I’m not sure where I should have posted this in. Should I post it in complaint board? —Atomicstar (talk) 11:50, 18 October 2021 (UTC)
 * There's no real local RfC functions for wikis yet, so I would suggest the main page's talk section. --Raidarr (talk) 13:28, 18 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Changed to abstain because apparently people oppose this on principle and my opposition is only clerical. The recommendation for a speedy delete is extreme enough that I will not be associated with it. --Raidarr (talk) 13:13, 19 October 2021 (UTC)
 * 1) Wrong ratings could count as false advertising, but also the developers are not the ones who determine the age rating. Marxo Grouch  (talk) 01:51, 20 October 2021 (UTC)