Wikipedia:Responding to threats of harm

If you see a threat of physical harm (including self-harm):

 1. Treat all claims seriously 2. Contact the Wikimedia Foundation 3. Contact Wikipedia administrators privately 
 * Many threats are empty, but leave that evaluation to Wikimedia Foundation staff.
 * If you are in immediate danger, call your local emergency services. 
 * Immediately email with details of the threat . Alternatively, if your Wikipedia account has email enabled, click here to message the emergency team.
 * These contact methods are for threats of <strong style="text-decoration:underline;">physical harm (including self-harm) <strong style="text-decoration:underline;">only . For other concerns, see Contact us.
 * Provide the exact name or URL of the page where you saw the threat, the time that you saw it, and your time zone. Or (if you know how) provide a diff link.
 * This address is monitored around the clock. Staff will typically acknowledge your email immediately . (Check your junk folder.)
 * Because of recent (2023) technical issues: if you don't hear back within one hour, forward your email to.
 * Do not email other Wikimedia Foundation addresses, or telephone the Wikimedia Foundation, as this creates confusion.
 * Staff will take appropriate action, such as tracing locations and contacting authorities. </li>
 * Use email, IRC, Discord, or other low-visibility methods, not high-traffic noticeboards or popular talk pages.
 * If in doubt, the primary method is to use IRC and join the channel. To do this quickly and using your browser, click here: Join IRC channel.
 * If you need to find an administrator who is active on Wikipedia right now, you can use this tool to locate one.
 * Even if you are an administrator, notify other administrators. </li>

Advice for administrators

 * Threats of suicide or other self-harm require discretion on the question of blocking but generally, specific threats should be removed (with a thoughtfully worded edit summary) and revision deleted, pending oversight.
 * Threats against others should be met with blocking (generally including removal of talk page access) and possibly blocking email as well. Such threats should be blanked; consider applying revdel as well.
 * Request oversight (suppression) of any post containing personal information.
 * If in doubt, email the office at ; stay off high-traffic noticeboards.