on 10/1/07 3:14 PM, Avi at avi.wiki(a)gmail.com wrote:
On the other hand, how many people caught in the
grips of suicidal
depression or mania are coherent enough to consider all the details.
Yes, it was most likely a hoax, but on the smallest possible chance it was
real, appropriate measures had to be taken. Calling the police was the best
option, as they are the ones most trained to analyze, identify, triage, and
handle these situations in the time-critical fashion that they may be.
Thanks again, y'all.
You and James did absolutely the right thing, Avi. Would we even consider
questioning the details of the note if it had been worded exactly the same
way - and the person had been found dead?
Thank you, Avi.
Marc Riddell
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> On 10/1/07, wikien-l-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org <
> wikien-l-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org> wrote:
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>> From: "Angela Anuszewski" <psu256(a)member.fsf.org>
>> To: "English Wikipedia" <wikien-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
>> Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2007 14:56:43 -0400
>> Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] [Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: London local available?
>> On 10/1/07, James Farrar <james.farrar(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>> They did, thankfully.
>>>
>>> On 01/10/2007, Charlotte Webb <charlottethewebb(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> On 10/1/07, James Farrar <james.farrar(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> The police just called me back. "It was a young lad's idea
of a
>> hoax"
>>>>> was the expression the officer used to me. Apparently he's been
>> given
>>>>> a severe talking to.
>>>>
>>>> So they found the "young lad" alive and well?
>> Ok, since it all turned out ok, I feel ok in making this comment...
>> something quite didn't pass the sniff test about that note anyway. How
>> do you bury yourself if you are already dead??
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Yes, good work, just calling the police and ignoring your sniff test.
Sometimes responsibility is the only call.
KP