Ahh, the essay that keeps on giving *preen*.

George William Herbert
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> 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 ;-)
>>> 
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