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We suppress some highly sensitive and potentially harmful non-public information, even if it does not strictly help "identify" the person. We suppress content such as the self-disclosure of one's age or date of birth if the user is a minor. In the past, we've also suppressed content such as an
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An example of one instance where an edit was exceptionally suppressed was an edit made as part of a real-world stalking campaign, where the edit had no project value, and where no lesser remedy was sufficient. Suppression may also be used for copyright violations upon instruction of Wikimedia
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This includes a telephone number, an address or location, the name of a workplace or school, other online and offline identities, accidentally disclosed IP addresses, and (subject to oversighter judgment) other information of an identifying
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If you don't have a Knowledge account with email enabled, or if you prefer to use some other method of emailing, then you can send a request for suppression by emailing the required information to:
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We suppress edits that breach somebody's privacy or defame somebody. We only suppress if they do this in such a way that the edit should not be visible even to Knowledge administrators; otherwise,
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Any user or reader may request the suppression of content at any time, but we will require the following information. Please ensure you provide it, or your request will be delayed:
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that specifies that we only allow edits or logs, once they are suppressed, to be viewed by a small, vetted, and identified team of highly-trusted users ("Oversighters"). Please see
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If you know an oversighter and can contact one directly, you may certainly do so. While oversight requests do not have to be submitted through any official route,
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can also suppress, but will not usually do so as English Knowledge has its own team of oversighters. In a true emergency, there is almost always a steward on
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that we would delete if usual deletion tools could handle it. This includes grossly improper user names. (This is an interim policy and subject to change.)
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We will use our best judgement in applying these criteria to your request. If your request does not meet the threshold required for suppression, but
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post a diff to the suppressible edit(s) in any public channel. Find an oversighter, and then tell them about the edit in a private chat window.
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symbol into your e-mail client if you copy and paste the email address from here; pasting the email that you copy from here may render
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Consider using one of the recommended contact methods in addition to this method to make sure the request is seen as soon as possible.
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Read on for information on when to request suppression, how to request it, and what information the oversighter will need from you.
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never post an oversight request, or any pertinent information regarding an oversight request, to the oversighter's user talk page
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We usually suppress an edit or other information on Knowledge if it contains the following types of information:
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Note: The suppression team does not respond to threats of harm. Such emergencies are dealt with as described at
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with urgent situations, as these contact methods aren't guaranteed to be monitored reliably or nearly as often:
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instead, we will apply redaction using revision deletion. If your request is denied, you can instead request
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If an oversighter is around, using IRC can be a very quick method of requesting suppression. However, you
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individual's medical information. This is subject to oversighter discretion, and can vary case-by-case.
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This is also one of the fastest ways to request suppression. Please use a descriptive subject line.
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on Knowledge or any public venue. Requests are only accepted by email or other private methods.
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This is one of the fastest ways to request suppression. Please use a descriptive subject line.
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contacting an oversighter personally and directly (using IRC or some other method of contact).
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Suppression removes edits which breach privacy or defame somebody. You may request it by:
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for more information on the oversight/suppression policy, application, and team members.
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draw attention to suppressible material, or any links to suppressible material
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We are not likely to make other exceptions, but reserve the right to do so.
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that are actively monitored for new oversight requests at most times:
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If you have a Knowledge account with email enabled, then use
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Choose one or more of the following contact methods below:
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on Libera Chat, and they are extremely helpful and alert.
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Non-public personal information about a real individual.
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This could be private information about you or others.
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Clearly private, personal, or non-public information.
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Knowledge:RFO
Shortcut
WP:RFO
email the oversight team
using this form
click here to enable internal messages
Revision Deletion (RevDel)
privacy policy
Knowledge:Oversight
BLP
revision deletion
speedy deletion
revision deletion
Arbitration Committee
URL
diff
RevisionDelete
revert
if it will not draw undue attention
this form
click here to enable account email
revision deletion
Stewards
here
Knowledge:Responding to threats of harm
Categories
Knowledge administration
Knowledge requests related to disputes

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