On 24/12/2007, Steve Bennett stevagewp@gmail.com wrote:
On 12/22/07, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
A random Wikipedian will likely be reasonably smart and capable of contacting people, even if they can't reasonably be expected to be skilled in what to do in such an issue.
(Also, it helps the Foundation if you let them know too - who you are, who you contacted - in case of the precise "who could have helped with this?" scenario you outline.)
Wouldn't it be better if someone from the foundation did it, wherever possible? Building an encyclopaedia via the wiki model is great. But responding to suicide and/or terrorist threats? Let's do it properly.
The foundation sleeps. Wikipedia does not. For maximum speed contact will tend to need to be made by the first person in the right geographical area who is prepared to do so.