@Ted Clayton - I don't advertise the forum as often as I should. It's been a long time since I encouraged anyone to sign up. The reason for the age thing is to comply with COPPA which doesn't allow anyone under the age of 13 or so to register to the site without written consent from a legal guardian.

Regarding the quiz question, it's not so much a quiz question but one that needs to be answered by a human being. This method of approving new accounts has worked well over the past two years. I realize that for some, it's a pain in the rear to register but on the flip side, it enables me to determine who's human and who's not. I have bots browsing and registering to the forum all the time and I had to do something to prevent those accounts from being registered.

If you can find me a clean and simple and just the facts registration for vBulletin while eliminating all spam accounts from having to suck up my time, I may have to give you a million bucks for the solution.