Help:Extension:ReportIncident
What is ReportIncident?
ReportIncident is a MediaWiki extension that is currently being developed by the Trust and Safety Product team at the Wikimedia Foundation. The purpose of this extension is to help users flag harassment and other harmful incidents, and route them to the appropriate entity that can offer support.
Wikis and namespaces where ReportingIncident is enabled
| Project | Language | Namespaces |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia | Portuguese |
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How to use the ReportIncident
- To use ReportIncident visit any discussion namespace where the tool has been enabled and click on the overflow button (ellipsis) next to Reply to open the menu.
- Click on Report to open up the report form.
- Choose the type of incident you want to flag and click Continue.
If you chose to flag unacceptable behaviour (non-emergency situations).
- Further select the type of unacceptable behaviour you want to flag and click Continue. A private record will be made for statistical purposes.
- Follow the links available on the confirmation page to get support from the local community.
If you chose to report an immediate threat of physical harm
- Select the type of threat you want to report and click Continue.
- Fill in additional information and click Submit.
- A message will be sent to the WMF Emergency team who will be processing your report.
Here are some screenshots to further illustrate report making.
Flagging unacceptable behaviour (non-emergency situations/Non-emergency workflow).
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Click on the overflow button/menu (ellipsis) next to Reply to open the menu -
Choose Unacceptable user behaviour and click Continue -
Select the type of behaviour you want to flag and click Continue -
Follow the links available on the confirmation page to get support from the local community
Flagging an immediate threat of physical harm/Emergency workflow
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Click on the overflow button/menu (ellipsis) next to Reply to open the menu -
Choose Immediate threat of physical harm and click Continue -
Fill in additional information and click Submit -
A message will be sent to the WMF emergency team who will be processing your report
Troubleshooting
If you are unable to submit a report, please take note of and fulfil these requirements. Make sure you have:
- Logged into your account. The account should have been created for over 3 hours and you have at least 1 edit.
- Confirmed your account email address.
- Have enabled DiscussionTools. If DiscussionTools doesn’t load, the Report button is also available in the Tools menu:
In case you can’t file a second report, there is a limit of 1 report per day for non-confirmed users and 5 reports per day for auto-confirmed users.
FAQ
Q: Does the tool only work for recent discussions after its implementation?
A: No, once implemented, it works for all discussions. All comments that are still live on a wiki can be reported.