On 10/10/2007, Andrew Gray shimgray@gmail.com wrote:
...and the positive outcome to "silly kid posts hoax suicide note on the internet" is "silly kid gets terrified by large scary policemen and decides not to do it again".
Even better- if people generally know what happens when they do hoaxes, then they're less likely to do posts for 'humor' reasons; so it pays to advertise the policy somewhat.
Even in the case of a probable hoax -
at least, one not a de-facto obvious joke, though god knows how some of our more myopic users could recognise one - passing it through channels is probably valid.
I think so too.
I think this essay totally nails it. Should we #redirect to this essay from WP:SUICIDE?
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- Andrew Gray andrew.gray@dunelm.org.uk