[WikiEN-l] Threats made on Wikipedia

[James Farrar]

On 21/12/2007, Rjd0060 - <rjd0060.wiki at gmail.com> wrote:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:AN#School_Threat
>
> Am I really the only one that thinks there should be a *crystal clear policy
> * relating to threats?  Every time something like this happens, there is big
> discussion on what *should* happen.  There is a reference as  to what to do
> with suicide threats:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Potentially_suicidal_users.<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Potentially_suicidal_users>
>
> I think Jimbo himself has made it clear on several occasions that we should
> take these things seriously.  Instead, whenever these are brought to AN /
> ANI, some people take it upon themselves to declare these as pranks, or
> jokes.  Is that really appropriate?

He has, and so has Mike Godwin in the current discussion.
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard&diff=179382781&oldid=179380939

I'm disappointed that an administrator who is usually well-respected
by the community would be so dismissive of potential problems.