I remember we discussed 2 or 3 years about this scenario with some wikimedians off wiki. I strongly support to discuss at least once openly about that. In a way that it's rational, avoiding to create unnecessary panic... of course.
Despite the claimed neutrality of the communities, reality always bites. Now, a terrorist can imagine that we will not put a black banner if someone kill a lot of people somewhere... but if same amount of wikimedians are killed at a international rally the probability that a block ribbon, an editnotice with a statement appear on many language edition is higher. it's an attack at the community like it is a proposal of a law somewhere, and we naturally react stronger.
It would be a bigger impact, if you think about it. You can get the attention of billions of people every time they connect to the 5th or 6th largest website in the world. Cynically speaking, if you also consider the facts that it's about free knowledge and volunteers, than a mass murder at at a wikimedian event might be more "effective" than at a discotheque or the seat of a multinational conglomerate.
If i remember correctly. in the months before a certain wiki-event, many people linked to radical activities were arrested in the area, in the same country. So, when you organize an event, it's not just about safety but also security. Even if it is not nice to think about it, and of course you try to do it mostly in private, you should clearly write down at least at a certain point that you are preparing to all scenario, contacting the police and so on. it should be a paragraph in a candidature for an event, IMHO. but it should be done.
A.M.
Il Giovedì 5 Aprile 2018 18:09, Vi to vituzzu.wiki@gmail.com ha scritto:
I read/receive related craps https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Vituzzu&diff=prev&oldid=831949995 on a daily basis but it's hard to tell an idiot from a psychopath, so it may become a risk for WMF offices.
Vito
2018-04-05 17:33 GMT+02:00 Andy Mabbett andy@pigsonthewing.org.uk:
I'm sure most of you will be aware of the unfortunate events at YouTube's HQ a couple fo days ago:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube_headquarters_shooting
Without giving away anything that might reveal vulnerabilities, does the WMF have contingency plans for such an incident? What about at community events in the US, and elsewhere?
-- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk
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