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Việt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Threats_of_harm/tr" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--high" title="Threats of harm/tr (94% translated)" lang="tr" dir="ltr">Türkçe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Threats_of_harm/yo" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--high" title="Threats of harm/yo (94% translated)" lang="yo" dir="ltr">Yorùbá</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Threats_of_harm/co" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="Threats of harm/co (3% translated)" lang="co" dir="ltr">corsu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Threats_of_harm/da" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="Threats of harm/da (21% translated)" lang="da" dir="ltr">dansk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Threats_of_harm/es" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="Threats of harm/es (67% translated)" lang="es" dir="ltr">español</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Threats_of_harm/fr" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--complete" title="Menaces de préjudice (100% translated)" lang="fr" dir="ltr">français</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Threats_of_harm/it" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--high" title="Threats of harm/it (82% translated)" lang="it" dir="ltr">italiano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Threats_of_harm/lt" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="Threats of harm/lt (12% translated)" lang="lt" dir="ltr">lietuvių</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Threats_of_harm/hu" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="Threats of harm/hu (36% translated)" lang="hu" dir="ltr">magyar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Threats_of_harm/nb" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--high" title="Threats of harm/nb (97% translated)" lang="nb" dir="ltr">norsk bokmål</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Threats_of_harm/pt" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="Threats of harm/pt (18% translated)" lang="pt" dir="ltr">português</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Threats_of_harm/pt-br" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--high" title="Threats of harm/pt-br (97% translated)" lang="pt-BR" dir="ltr">português do Brasil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Threats_of_harm/cs" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="Threats of harm/cs (12% translated)" lang="cs" dir="ltr">čeština</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Threats_of_harm/el" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--high" title="Threats of harm/el (70% translated)" lang="el" dir="ltr">Ελληνικά</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Threats_of_harm/ru" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--high" title="Threats of harm/ru (91% translated)" lang="ru" dir="ltr">русский</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Threats_of_harm/uk" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="Threats of harm/uk (3% translated)" lang="uk" dir="ltr">українська</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Threats_of_harm/ar" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--high" title="Threats of harm/ar (97% translated)" lang="ar" dir="rtl">العربية</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Threats_of_harm/fa" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="Threats of harm/fa (33% translated)" lang="fa" dir="rtl">فارسی</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Threats_of_harm/arz" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="Threats of harm/arz (3% translated)" lang="arz" dir="rtl">مصرى</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Threats_of_harm/bn" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="Threats of harm/bn (33% translated)" lang="bn" dir="ltr">বাংলা</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Threats_of_harm/gu" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="Threats of harm/gu (3% translated)" lang="gu" dir="ltr">ગુજરાતી</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Threats_of_harm/ta" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="Threats of harm/ta (9% translated)" lang="ta" dir="ltr">தமிழ்</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Threats_of_harm/kn" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--high" title="Threats of harm/kn (94% translated)" lang="kn" dir="ltr">ಕನ್ನಡ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Threats_of_harm/th" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="Threats of harm/th (39% translated)" lang="th" dir="ltr">ไทย</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Threats_of_harm/zh" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--high" title="Threats of harm/zh (97% translated)" lang="zh" dir="ltr">中文</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Threats_of_harm/ja" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--high" title="Threats of harm/ja (88% translated)" lang="ja" dir="ltr">日本語</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Threats_of_harm/nan" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="Threats of harm/nan (18% translated)" lang="nan" dir="ltr">閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Threats_of_harm/syl" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="Threats of harm/syl (3% translated)" lang="syl" dir="ltr">ꠍꠤꠟꠐꠤ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Threats_of_harm/ko" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--complete" title="해를 끼칠 위협 (100% translated)" lang="ko" dir="ltr">한국어</a></li></ul></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r23427738">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i,.mw-parser-output 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has come to our attention that some messages sent to emergency@ wound up in our spam folder. This seems to be a backend issue with our email provider and we are currently reviewing the problem. If you do not receive a response to your message within 1 hour, please send a note to ca<span class="mailto" style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><span title="(_AT_)"><img alt="(_AT_)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/At_sign.svg/16px-At_sign.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/At_sign.svg/24px-At_sign.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/At_sign.svg/32px-At_sign.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="145" data-file-height="145"/></span></span></span>wikimedia.org. Thank you. Best, <a href="/wiki/User:JKoerner_(WMF)" title="User:JKoerner (WMF)">JKoerner (WMF)</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:JKoerner_(WMF)" title="User talk:JKoerner (WMF)">talk</a>) <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Threats_of_harm#c-JKoerner_(WMF)-20230607161300" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">16:13, 7 June 2023 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-JKoerner_(WMF)-20230607161300"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-JKoerner_(WMF)-20230607161300"></span> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r24667446">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output 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data-file-width="512" data-file-height="445"/></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">When responding to a threat of physical harm to persons or property: <ol><li>Treat all claims seriously.</li> <li>Email the <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation" title="Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia Foundation">Wikimedia Foundation</a> with details so they can contact the relevant authorities: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="mailto:emergency@wikimedia.org"><bdi dir="ltr" style="white-space:nowrap;font-size:12px;line-height:1.5;font-family:monospace">emergency<span class="mw-default-size mw-valign-middle skin-invert-image" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="@" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/At_sign.svg/15px-At_sign.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/At_sign.svg/23px-At_sign.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/At_sign.svg/30px-At_sign.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="145" data-file-height="145"/></span></span>wikimedia<span class="mw-default-size mw-valign-middle skin-invert-image" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Dot.svg/4px-Dot.svg.png" decoding="async" width="4" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Dot.svg/7px-Dot.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Dot.svg/9px-Dot.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="4" data-file-height="13"/></span></span>org</bdi></a> <ul><li>You may do that by navigating to <a href="/wiki/Special:EmailUser/Emergency" title="Special:EmailUser/Emergency">Special:EmailUser/Emergency</a>.</li></ul></li> <li>Contact a functionary privately, such as via <a href="/wiki/Special:EmailUser" title="Special:EmailUser">Special:EmailUser</a>, to remove the revision from public view.</li> <li><i>Functionaries:</i> Consider blocking users making active threats of harm to others with their talkpage and email access removed. If in doubt, contact the office.</li> <li>If you feel comfortable you can reach out by email or on their talk page and provide them with support or resources. For example the <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Mental_health_resources" title="Special:MyLanguage/Mental health resources">Crisis support resources</a> curated by the Trust & Safety team.</li></ol></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>This page outlines the procedure for dealing with such issues, and <b>threats of <i>physical</i> harm, including self-harm</b>, and complement the Foundation's <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Legal/Legal_Policies" title="Special:MyLanguage/Legal/Legal Policies">legal policies</a> on the subject. It does not apply to non-physical forms of real-world harm, such as <span class="extiw"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project:Harassment" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Project:Harassment">harassment</a></span> or <span class="extiw"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project:Harassment#Posting_of_personal_information" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Project:Harassment">outing</a></span>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc"/> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Treat_all_claims_seriously" data-mw-thread-id="h-Treat_all_claims_seriously"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Treat_all_claims_seriously"></span>Treat all claims seriously<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Treat_all_claims_seriously"></span></h2></div> <p><i>Treat all threats seriously</i>. Do not make your own determination that an apparent threat is a joke or trolling. It is <span class="extiw"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/wikt:better_safe_than_sorry" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:wikt:better safe than sorry">better to be safe than sorry</a></span>. </p><p>Although someone discussing suicide may not be actively suicidal at present, they may <i>become</i> actively suicidal; the same is true of someone threating violence. To repeat: <i>Treat all threats seriously</i> and act as you would in a real emergency. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Contact_the_Wikimedia_Foundation" data-mw-thread-id="h-Contact_the_Wikimedia_Foundation"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Contact_the_Wikimedia_Foundation"></span>Contact the Wikimedia Foundation<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Contact_the_Wikimedia_Foundation"></span></h2></div> <p>As soon as you see a claim or threat of physical harm to persons ("I'm going to kill myself"; "I'm going to kill Person"; "I'm going to kill you") or property ("I'm going to blow up your school"), immediately <i>contact the Wikimedia Foundation</i> office staff at this special email address: <bdi dir="ltr" style="white-space:nowrap;font-size:12px;line-height:1.5;font-family:monospace">emergency<span class="mw-default-size mw-valign-middle skin-invert-image" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="@" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/At_sign.svg/15px-At_sign.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/At_sign.svg/23px-At_sign.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/At_sign.svg/30px-At_sign.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="145" data-file-height="145"/></span></span>wikimedia<span class="mw-default-size mw-valign-middle skin-invert-image" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Dot.svg/4px-Dot.svg.png" decoding="async" width="4" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Dot.svg/7px-Dot.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Dot.svg/9px-Dot.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="4" data-file-height="13"/></span></span>org</bdi>, which automatically forwards to a trained team of staff members available to respond to these incidents even outside of normal business hours. The Wikimedia Foundation has <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Legal/Legal_Policies#Office_Actions" title="Special:MyLanguage/Legal/Legal Policies">internal policies</a> for office actions, such as the "On-Wiki Threat Protocol", which applies both domestically in the United States and internationally. Emails sent to other addresses or Foundation staff may not be received in a timely manner, or response might be delayed; thus this email address is the preferred contact point for such incidents and will produce a near-immediate reply of acknowledgement. (Please note: emails sent to this address for non-emergency issues may receive no response at all. If you need assistance of another kind, they cannot help you.) </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Contact_a_functionary" data-mw-thread-id="h-Contact_a_functionary"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Contact_a_functionary"></span>Contact a functionary<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Contact_a_functionary"></span></h2></div> <p>Except for edge cases and other cases requiring common sense, such as where a functionary is the source of a threat, you should also <i>contact the closest designated functionary</i> for your local wiki immediately. </p><p>"Functionary" here is defined the highest body of authority responsible for overseeing your wiki, one that is typically governed by local policies and guidelines; for example, an <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Arbitration_Committee" title="Special:MyLanguage/Arbitration Committee">Arbitration Committee</a> and/or a resident team of appointed <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/CheckUser_policy" title="Special:MyLanguage/CheckUser policy">CheckUsers</a> and <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Oversight_policy" title="Special:MyLanguage/Oversight policy">Oversighters</a>. 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Other functionaries may be able to provide help more effectively, and a wider announcement is key to mobilizing such effort. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Functionary_action" data-mw-thread-id="h-Functionary_action"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Functionary_action"></span>Functionary action<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Functionary_action"></span></h2></div> <p>Consider blocking those issuing threats of violence <i>to others</i>, with their talkpage and email access revoked. However, if it is a threat of <i>suicide or self-harm</i>, discretion should be used as to whether or not blocking might be appropriate. 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