[WikiEN-l] London calling, etc.

[Avi]

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Agreed. I cannot access IRC from behind my corporate firewall in
the US, and the London Metro police does not allow urgent crime
reports to be sent via e-mail, so the next best thing was to hit
this list, which, based on the near-constant drama feeds (As the
Wiki turns, the Young and the Adminless, General Arbcom, etc. 8-
) ) demonstrates that it's monitored rather well.

I understand that it may have generated more "drama" than
necessary, but, even if one person is reached in time over the
next 50 years and 6000 hoaxes, it will still be worth it.

- --Avi
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On 10/2/07, wikien-l-request at lists.wikimedia.org <
wikien-l-request at lists.wikimedia.org> wrote:
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: "Thomas Dalton" <thomas.dalton at gmail.com>
> To: "English Wikipedia" <wikien-l at lists.wikimedia.org>
> Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2007 16:33:45 +0100
> Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] London calling, etc.
> On 02/10/2007, Nick <heligolandwp at googlemail.com> wrote:
> > I was just wondering if it would be sensible to have a number of trusted
> > users, administrators and the like listed that can be called upon to
> make
> > contact with the relevant authorities in any given area. The situation
> > yesterday needs to be dealt with quickly and quietly, no panicking, one
> > person dealing with the situation, and so on. It seems a little
> unnecessary
> > having to post to the mailing list looking for someone in the area, when
> a
> > list could be drawn up and it's a simple case of e-mailing the
> contact(s)
> > responsible for the specific police force responsible, area or country
> and
> > leaving them to deal with it.
>
> That wouldn't be fast enough. If none of the contacts for the
> appropriate area are online, nothing would be done. I think the
> mailing list and IRC are the best bets for finding someone quickly -
> if someone really is planning on committing suicide (and we have to
> assume they are), then minutes count.
>
>