Subject: Threatening comments at the English language Wikipedia article on [ARTICLE SUBJECT]
[RECIPIENT AGENCY NAME]
[RECIPIENT AGENCY ADDRESS]
Dear Sir or Madam,
I am a volunteer administrator at the English language Wikipedia and am writing to report a possible threat of violence [or "threat to harm self"] against [TARGET if identifiable] by an anonymous user at IP address [EDITOR IP] in the article on [ARTICLE SUBJECT]. The threat was made at [DATE AND TIME OF THREAT] UTC and was displayed until [DATE AND TIME OF REMOVAL] UTC.
You can view the threat here: [LINK TO DIFF]
You can view the article here: [LINK TO ARTICLE]
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Please include a copy of this letter in any correspondence to the Wikimedia Foundation to assist in identifying the specific issue. Thank you for your time.
Sincerely,
[YOUR REAL NAME]
[YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS]
CC: Wikimedia Foundation (info-en@wikimedia.org)
Usage
edit- Determine the appropriate law enforcement agency
- Copy and paste the above letter into a blank email body and use the recommended subject line
- Replace the items in [square brackets] with the appropriate information, this includes:
- CC (not BCC) info-en@wikimedia.org
- Send the email