Ahh, the essay that keeps on giving *preen*. George William Herbert Sent from my iPhone
> On Sep 26, 2015, at 9:27 AM, Risker <[email protected]> wrote: > > Neotarf is correct, it is the guideline to address suicide threats and > similar threats of serious harm to self or others (e.g., "I'm going to go > shoot up my school") - in other words, that guideline is intended to capture > situations where there is a reason to contact police or similar authorities > because of an imminent threat to safety. The person adding the link probably > did not really read through the point of the page. Speaking personally, I'd > be pretty offended if I complained that someone was harassing me and was > linked to a page about reporting suicide threats. Note that one of the > shortcuts is [[WP:SUICIDE]]. > > I have removed that as a "Main article" because it's not really about > harassment. > > Risker/Anne > >> On 26 September 2015 at 11:52, Neotarf <[email protected]> wrote: >> @Carol Moore, I believe that link is about suicide threats. Did you mean to >> link to something else? >> >>> On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 2:57 PM, Carol Moore dc <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> Because of an offline discussion about the 1000 odd death threats I got >>> directly through the Wikimedia Foundation email system and my failure to >>> remember personally contacting them (as opposed to admins) about it, I >>> decided to see if the Harassment article mentioned that option. >>> >>> I did a little research and found it was not til July 22, 2015 that the >>> harassment article section on "threats" provided a link to the WP:Essay >>> that specifically advises this! >>> >>> https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Harassment&diff=672630056&oldid=672391122 >>> >>> Now why can't the threats section include that info? Certain some >>> well-connected editors have learned how to work that angle with the >>> foundation for even minor issues... >>> >>> There's a huge section on what to do about threats of legal action, but >>> zilch on death threats. Pretty absurd... Safe space, NOT!!* >>> >>> Thanks... >>> >>> >>> CM >>> >>> *Of course, there's a difference between legitimate safe space from actual >>> direct insults or threats of harm and the absurd degree of hypersensitivity >>> now a days where there are trigger warnings on any opinion that someone >>> might disagree with and protests against opinions that just aren't >>> politically correct enough... but don't get me started... >>> >>> A lot of articles about it lately have exposed the absurdities and >>> hypocrisy of some individuals and groups. And I can understand the fear of >>> some male wikipedians they will be exposed to the most extreme varieties. >>> It also gives the most oppressive guys an excuse to label minor and >>> legitimate demands for safe space as "extremist." ("You extremist, you want >>> to mention contacting the Foundation on the Harassment page!!!") >>> >>> Glad I'm not in college! Or any "progressive" political groups any more. >>> Especially now that I am finally free of having to be a "good girl" on >>> Wikipedia and can engage in anti-establishment mockery and sarcasm in my >>> writings/artistic endeavors without worrying about wikistalkers slamming me >>> all over Wikipedia ;-) >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Gendergap mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> To manage your subscription preferences, including unsubscribing, please >>> visit: >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Gendergap mailing list >> [email protected] >> To manage your subscription preferences, including unsubscribing, please >> visit: >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap > > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing list > [email protected] > To manage your subscription preferences, including unsubscribing, please > visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap
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