- Wikipedia:Child protection
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This policy is about the behaviour and actions of adult editors with regards to children. For the policy regarding the content of articles related to living people, including children, see Wikipedia:Biographies of living people.
This page documents a Wikipedia policy with legal considerations. Wikipedia takes seriously concerns about the safety of children using the site. Editors who attempt to use Wikipedia to pursue or facilitate inappropriate adult–child relationships, who advocate inappropriate adult–child relationships, or who identify themselves as pedophiles, will be indefinitely blocked.
Reports of editors engaging in such conduct should be made to the Arbitration Committee for further action, and should not be the subject of community discussions or requests for comment or consensus. When an editor is blocked for such conduct, the blocking administrator is instructed to use neutral block summaries, and disable the editor's ability to edit their talk page as well as their access to the on-site user email interface. Blocking administrators should inform the blocked editor that any appeals or further discussion may be addressed only to the Arbitration Committee at arbcom-l
lists.wikimedia.org, and then notify the Committee immediately.Comments posted on Wikipedia suggesting that an editor may be a pedophile will be RevDeleted promptly, to avoid issues of privacy and possible libel. You should raise your concerns only by email; questions or accusations directed against a particular editor in project space may result in a block for the editor who posted them.
If you are a younger editor and feel that another person on Wikipedia is behaving in a way that you feel threatens your personal safety, please tell a responsible adult. Do not continue to communicate with the other person. Do not give out personal information to anyone.
If you are concerned about the behavior of another editor, please contact Wikipedia's Arbitration Committee at arbcom-l
lists.wikimedia.org, but please read the Email and privacy section of the Arbitration Committee page before doing so.See also
- Wikipedia:Advice for parents
- Wikipedia:Block policy on child protection issues
- Wikipedia:Child protection proposals
- Wikipedia:Guidance for younger editors
- Wikipedia:NOTANARCHY
- Wikipedia:Notcensored
- Wikipedia:Options to not see an image
- Wikipedia:Protecting children's privacy (essay, rejected proposal)
- Wikipedia:Sexual content
- Wikipedia:Youth protection (essay, rejected proposal)
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