# Discourse Age Check

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-age-check/397002
**Category:** Theme component
**Created:** [February 25, 2026, 1:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-age-check/397002 "2026-02-25T13:09:38Z")
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### Author: ![RGJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/rgj/32/523185_2.png) [@RGJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RGJ)
#### Post date: [March 1, 2026, 6:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-age-check/397002/14 "2026-03-01T18:45:20Z")

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What he means is that someone changes it _while signing up_.

I.e. someone is 16 and enters 1 Feb 2010 as birth date. The theme component says “you must be 18 to sign up” and then the kid changes it to 1 Feb 2008 and is able to sign up. The idea is to flag the first failed attempt as suspicious so the admins can for instance ask for proof.

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