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Question on social media and outing[edit]

If somebody brags on social media in unsavory terms about having made a certain edit on Wikipedia, can I call them out on it on-Wiki? Is that outing?

And if somebody claims on social media to have ‘worked with Wikipedia moderators’ to make those edits? Hyperbolick (talk) 04:31, 8 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

As a generalization, it would be better to deal with it privately (such as by email to an administrator or to ArbCom), than to post about it onsite. It might be OK to post if the social media post uses the exact same account name as the username here, and the social media post contains nothing to link the username to any aspect of real life identity. But it would have to satisfy both of those requirements, not just one or the other, and there would have to be no ambiguities about that. --Tryptofish (talk) 23:48, 8 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, this instance doesn't satisfy both, social media username is different. Can imagine a social media troll falsely claiming to be wiki editor for whatever reason. Hyperbolick (talk) 20:29, 13 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Meatpuppetry campaigns off-wiki[edit]

If a post off-wiki (say on social media or a forum) encourages readers to engage in an unambiguous vandalism campaign, in what contexts would it be outing to mention that post or link it? Air on White (talk) 06:26, 10 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

"administrators have exactly the same right"[edit]

Sorry for the silly question. Why is this sentence centered and in bold? Doesn't it look too emphatic?

In case of problems administrators have exactly the same right as any other user to decline or withdraw from a situation that is escalating or uncomfortable, without giving a reason, or to contact the Arbitration Committee if needed.

Gitz (talk) (contribs) 11:03, 11 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The text was added with this formatting by FT2 in 2008.[1] It doesn't appear to have been discussed since. – Joe (talk) 11:21, 11 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'd say that if we want to emphasize this sentence, putting same right as any other user in bold would be enough. The sentence doesn't need to be centred, which makes it look as if it were attached to the template {{User difficultblocks}} rather than part of the policy. Gitz (talk) (contribs) 17:18, 11 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(This is in the "Assistance for administrators being harassed" section.) I agree that it should be reformatted. It definitely should not be centered, and I also agree with limiting the bold font in that way. It should just be in regular text, below where that template is shown. --Tryptofish (talk) 22:06, 11 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I wonder if it's actually necessary; the fact that it has never been discussed in 16 years makes me suspect not. It's obviously uncontroversial but it mostly just seems to reiterate the second paragraph of the section. --Aquillion (talk) 23:06, 11 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]