Wikipedia:How to deal with harassment
 | This is advice to editors who are being harassed or cyberbullied and for those assisting them.[1] |
There are a number of resources available for people who are experiencing harassment.
Resources[edit]
Internal (within Wikipedia)[edit]
External[edit]
- Help for Victims of Crime from the FBI. Contains information on the rights of crime victims, as well as advice for people being threatened or harassed.
- Online Harassment Resource from the International Game Developers Association. Gives advice for those experiencing harassment, particularly online, and for their allies.
- Crash Override Network. Includes a document giving advice for those who have been doxxed.
- General safety advice for victims of harassment from the Digital-Trust
- FAQ on preventing harassment from the End to Cyber Bullying Organization
- What is online abuse? from Stop Online Abuse. Many of their resources address harassment of LGBT people.
- Top 10 Tips for Overcoming Bullying from Ditch The Label.
- How to Report Cyberbullying from StopBullying.gov
- Age-based advice for responding to cyberbulling that may be particularly helpful for children, from Thinkuknow.
- Revenge Porn Helpline
- Digital safety helpline from UK Safer Internet Centre
- Help For Victims from the Stalking Resource Center
- Resources from Working to Halt Online Abuse
- You Asked: How do I deal with online harassment? How do I help the targets of online harassment? by Ashe Dryden
- 5 Ways to Handle and Prevent Cyber-Harassment from ABC News
- How to deter doxxing, Nieman Reports
General information[edit]
- The World's Most Popular Video Game Fights Racist Harassment With Artificial Intelligence, July 13, 2015
- A Canadian court case could change the way we handle Internet harassment and ‘free speech.’, July 19, 2015
- Medium cracks down on cyberbullying in rules update. Blog publishing platform joins growing list of sites banning threats, harassment and revenge porn., July 27, 2015
- Internet harassment and online threats targeting women: Research review
- KrebsOnSecurity: mostly identity theft, but there is some overlap with doxxing
Sample policies[edit]
See also[edit]
- Wikipedia:Avoiding harm
- Wikipedia:Responding to threats of harm
- Wikipedia:Don't stuff beans up your nose
- Wikipedia:How to not get outed on Wikipedia
- Wikipedia:Ignore all rules
- Wikipedia:Threats of violence
- Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not
- Wikipedia:WikiHate
Notes[edit]
- ^ This essay contains the advice or opinions of one or more Wikipedia contributors. Essays are not Wikipedia policies or guidelines. Some essays represent widespread norms; others only represent minority viewpoints.