anne, thank you so much, for the first time i think i understand the
problem. "rot in hell" is a very good example of anger. anger is something
common on wikipedia, anger management is something surprisingly ignored. i
never read about it in a mailing list, and i do not know a single person in
the movement being expert in it. there are texts like
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:No_angry_mastodons,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Staying_cool_when_the_editing_gets_…
which
do not really address anger. i tried to search for links with the keywords
"draw your anger", see below.
one of the links which came up is a book called "Helping Your Kids Deal
with Anger, Fear, and Sadness". let me cite a couple of sentences: "anger
is an emotion, aggression is an action. many confuse anger with aggression
... when we do not understand our anger and allow it to get out of control,
it can lead to aggressive behaviors that are sinful, dangerous, and even
deadly. the emotion of anger itself is not the problem ... the real problem
is the mismanagement and misunderstanding of the emotion." "Anger: a
secondary emotion: ... emotions that most frequently precede anger fear,
hurt, frustration." " give them both a way of venting their anger .. when
you've got your anger out, we'll talk about it"
*
https://books.google.ch/books?id=crqTOLr1CQwC&pg=PA73&lpg=PA73&…
*
http://www.apa.org/topics/anger/control.aspx
*
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsVq5R_F6RA
rupert
On Sat, Sep 26, 2015 at 10:30 PM, Risker <risker.wp(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Rupert, I suppose I'm jaded by some of the things
that people have
characterized as a death threat over the years. Nasty as it may be to say
"rot in hell", that's not a death threat. It was an interesting challenge
to explain to someone once that "die you gravy-sucking pig" was actually a
Steve Martin comedy routine, and not a real death threat. Jerky things to
say, yes. I've blocked accounts with email disabled on several occasions
when they've sent abuse via the "email this user" interface.
Having been one of the people who did call police in the past before the
WMF instituted "emergency@", I can tell you that the police will RARELY
take anyone seriously if they say "there's someone who wrote on Wikipedia
that he's gonna jump off a bridge". They want to hear it from someone who
has an easy to verify email address, is using their real name, and can
provide them with enough information to get a warrant if it's needed (e.g.,
IP addresses, links to the threat itself - which will normally have been
suppressed, etc). And it is rare for police to take email threats
seriously - Gamergate should be enough of an example there.
Risker/Anne
On 26 September 2015 at 16:07, rupert THURNER <rupert.thurner(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
> risker you are joking? a death threat is a case for the police not for
> the wikimedia foundation. wikimedia foundation is not a para-military or
> para-police organization replacing standard legal systems, the wikimedia
> community is also not a community outside other legal systems, with special
> rules applying. the police has the means to deal with it professionally.
>
> carol, if you get a death threat, why are you afraid of the police? you
> pay taxes and at the end of the day you are paying their salary, and are
> usually very welcoming?
>
> rupert
>
> On Sat, Sep 26, 2015 at 9:05 PM, Risker <risker.wp(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> The WMF may or may not help editors who are receiving death threats via
>> their email systems - I'd venture to guess that in the majority of cases
>> they're handled by admins or CUs or arbitrators by the expedient of
>> blocking the accounts with email turned off. If you're saying you really
>> don't want police involved, then I don't know what you'd expect the
WMF to
>> do over and above blocking the same accounts and the same IPs that can (and
>> often are) blocked by volunteers.
>>
>> I do not suggest that harassment via email (up to and including serious
>> death threats) is a minor matter, but that the
"emergency(a)wikimedia.org"
>> is for threats of harm to self or others that are published onwiki where
>> there is concern that police or other authorities should be informed
>> because there is an imminent risk of harm. Keep in mind that that email
>> address is staffed by a grand total of six people (the Community Advocacy
>> team) to cover the entire world.
>>
>> Risker/Anne
>>
>>
>> On 26 September 2015 at 13:59, Carol Moore dc <carolmooredc(a)verizon.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I was referring to threats to kill someone that clearly come from a
>>> known Wikipedia handle or editor, or, as in my case, a person who is known
>>> because it's the same kind of message they have been known to send to
>>> various others many times before.
>>>
>>> In my case threats were sent through Wikimedia Foundation email and
>>> evidently that's what this person - and perhaps others - enjoys doing.
At
>>> the very least advice to contact the Foundation also should cover such
>>> abuses. (Obviously if it's an anonymous person through another email
>>> system, it's a different issue. Though I believe the Foundation was
happy
>>> to help Sitush when he was getting those kind of messages.)
>>>
>>> As an activist I'm reluctant to deal with authorities unless it is VERY
>>> real and imminent. Those who want to report it would assume their only
>>> recourse is to go straight to the police who then will be the ones going to
>>> the Foundation to sort it out.
>>>
>>> That is the specific issue I was addressing and the person who does
>>> that evidently is back to doing it, so perhaps others are doing it too and
>>> women are just quitting Wikipedia without telling anyone why.
>>>
>>>
>>> I wrote:
>>>
>>> On 9/26/2015 12:27 PM, Risker 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 <neotarf(a)gmail.com
>>>> <mailto:neotarf@gmail.com>> 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
>>>> <carolmooredc(a)verizon.net
<mailto:carolmooredc@verizon.net>>
>>>> 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=67…
>>>>
>>>> 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 ;-)
>>>>
>>>>