Wikipedia:Responding to threats of harm

1. Treat all claims seriously
   • Many threats are empty, but leave that evaluation to Wikimedia Foundation staff.
   • If you are in immediate danger, call your local emergency services.
2. Contact the Wikimedia Foundation
   • Immediately email emergency@wikimedia.org 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 physical harm (including self-harm) only. For other concerns, see Wikipedia: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.)
     • If you don't hear back within 30 minutes, forward your email to ca@wikimedia.org.^[a]
   • 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.
3. Contact Wikipedia administrators privately
   • Use email, IRC, or other low-visibility methods, not noticeboards or talk pages.
   • If in doubt, the primary method is to use IRC and join the #wikipedia-en-revdel ^connect channel. To do this quickly and using your browser, click here: Join IRC channel .
   • Alternatively, you may email the oversight team at oversight-en-wp@wikipedia.org. Even if the threat does not need suppression, oversighters can apply revision deletion and other administrative actions as needed.
   • If you need to find an administrator who is active on Wikipedia right now, you can use this tool to locate one.
   • Administrators may contact other administrators using the same steps as above, especially if they need advice on how to respond.

Advice for administrators

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