I remember we discussed 2 or 3 years about this scenario with some wikimedians
off wiki. I strongly support to discuss at least once openly about that. In a
way that it's rational, avoiding to create unnecessary panic... of course.
Despite the claimed neutrality of the communities, reality always bites. Now, a
terrorist can imagine that we will not put a black banner if someone kill a lot
of people somewhere... but if same amount of wikimedians are killed at a
international rally the probability that a block ribbon, an editnotice with a
statement appear on many language edition is higher. it's an attack at the
community like it is a proposal of a law somewhere, and we naturally react
stronger.
It would be a bigger impact, if you think about it. You can get the attention
of billions of people every time they connect to the 5th or 6th largest website
in the world. Cynically speaking, if you also consider the facts that it's
about free knowledge and volunteers, than a mass murder at at a wikimedian
event might be more "effective" than at a discotheque or the seat of a
multinational conglomerate.
If i remember correctly. in the months before a certain wiki-event, many people
linked to radical activities were arrested in the area, in the same country.
So, when you organize an event, it's not just about safety but also security.
Even if it is not nice to think about it, and of course you try to do it mostly
in private, you should clearly write down at least at a certain point that you
are preparing to all scenario, contacting the police and so on. it should be a
paragraph in a candidature for an event, IMHO. but it should be done.
A.M.
Il Giovedì 5 Aprile 2018 18:09, Vi to <vituzzu.w...@gmail.com> ha scritto:
I read/receive related craps
<https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Vituzzu&diff=prev&oldid=831949995>
on
a daily basis but it's hard to tell an idiot from a psychopath, so it may
become a risk for WMF offices.
Vito
2018-04-05 17:33 GMT+02:00 Andy Mabbett <a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk>:
> I'm sure most of you will be aware of the unfortunate events at
> YouTube's HQ a couple fo days ago:
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube_headquarters_shooting
>
> Without giving away anything that might reveal vulnerabilities, does
> the WMF have contingency plans for such an incident? What about at
> community events in the US, and elsewhere?
>
> --
> Andy Mabbett
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> http://pigsonthewing.org.uk
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