[WikiEN-l] Threats made on Wikipedia

[Fred Bauder]

> 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?
>

If you take them seriously (and everyone follows up) you end up with the
FBI coming down on a 13 year old. If you don't there is a slight chance a
serious crime will occur which you might have prevented.

Fred