I have hidden the worst thread I saw (I'm on vacation still but felt it was
pretty bad) as well as a couple of the stupid comments.

I also think leaving a comment as Wikipedia warning the user who made the
thread I hid would be good. I got a 2nd opinion from Philippe (no one else
was responding) but am going to wait for 20 minutes before I post. Will go
ahead and do so if I don't hear anything to the contrary. What I plan to
post is below (this is in response to their latest post in the thread about
how you have to respect other peoples opinion, I don't have to accept your
opinion that someone is a 'disgusting beast' on our page, no)  :

You are welcome to have your opinions Kitty, however you are not welcome to
> say something like that here. This thread has been hidden (it is still
> visible to you and your friends), I am happy to delete it if you'd prefer.
> Further comments along these lines however will cause you to be banned from
> further discussion on Wikipedia posts.


I'm not against having a more formal safe spaces policy that we post on the
facebook page (we can't moderate Twitter much, we can google+ though I
think? at least on our board). I would prefer we have a light hand, but
these comments were not borderline.

James Alexander
Community Advocacy
Wikimedia Foundation
(415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur

On Sun, May 24, 2015 at 6:39 PM, Jan Ainali <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Is there any policy in moderating threads on social media accounts?
>
> I am specifically thinking on this example:
> https://www.facebook.com/wikipedia/posts/10153251771908346
>
> There is quite a few demeaning comments there. I would have hoped for a
> zero tolerance policy towards these. Now the volunteer who was taking the
> photos are trying to debate (forgetting to not feed the trolls).
>
>
> *Best regards,Jan Ainali*
>
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