Thread:Sesefied/@comment-26912590-20191022170011/@comment-5002930-20191023032730

Hi, thank you for this. You obviously put in a lot of work.

This new policy came about due to the then-impending release of the Island of the Idols cast in early September, as well as an observation by some admins that some contestants have inconsistencies with their ages (i.e., some follow filming date, others follow air date). To standardize contestants' ages, the admins came up with the following consensus:

1.) We follow contestants' filming ages.

2.) If a contestant's birthday occurs during filming, then we follow the age they turned to while filming occurred.

3.) We do not edit official profiles for posterity's sake. However, in all other instances where age is referred to on this wiki, we follow the filming age. (ex., Molly Byman this season has her age as 27 in her profile, but it was discovered on her social media accounts that she was actually 28 at the time of filming. We retain her age as stated in her profile, but she is listed as being 28 elsewhere)

As I was the one who brought this up with my fellow admins, I was given the go-ahead to push through with the changes. Other than the three above stated rules, I was given leeway to work out some kinks that I may encounter while implementing the changes. Thus far, I have only added one other rule:

4.) Following rule #2, we go with a contestant's age during filming (defined as being from when the cameras start rolling during the marooning on Day 1, until the conclusion of the Final Tribal Council on Day 39/42). That particular definition is important here since it is entirely possible that a contestant may have still been present during filming, but not in the game anymore (i.e., they were on the jury at the time of their birthday, such as Tijuana in Pearl Islands). If they were eliminated from the game pre-jury, and thus not present during filming anymore even though their birthday occurred sometime between their elimination and the Final Tribal Council, then we go with their lower age.

Generally, in determining a contestant's age, I follow two things:

a.) the contestant's birthday, as stated on their wiki profile (this of course can be wrong, so we would have to change it if we get a new date for their birthday)

b.) the filming calendar for every season, as posted by Jeff Pitman on his website, truedorktimes

Due to my personal schedule, the only seasons I have been able to go over thus far are Borneo to Pearl Islands, Kaôh Rōng, and Edge of Extinction. It is of course entirely possible that I may have made some mistakes, so you're more than welcome to help me out in correcting them, as well as going over the remaining seasons.

For Island of the Idols, I have taken note that of the following:

-Dean turned 29 on Day 23 of filming, so we have to change his date if he reaches that point

-Tom turned 61 on Day 26 of filming, so we have to change his date if he reaches that point

-we have to verify Vince's age once we get his real birthday

Hope this clarifies things a bit more! :)