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𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐍃 𐍅𐌹𐍄𐍉𐌳𐌴𐌹𐌲𐍉𐍃
Do you need to contact the Wikimedia Foundation's Legal Department (including to report something that you believe is unlawful)? The following guidance is for you.
Important notes
𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌸𐌾𐌰𐌽 𐌸𐌰𐌼𐌼𐌴𐌹 𐍄𐌰𐌿𐌾𐌹𐌸 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌿𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 𐍅𐌹𐌺𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌴
𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌿𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 𐍅𐌹𐌺𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌴 𐌽𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌸𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐌱𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌹𐌸 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌻𐌳𐌹𐌸 𐌷𐌹𐌻𐍀𐌰 𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌺𐌽𐌹𐍃𐌺𐌰 𐌽𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌳𐌹𐌼 𐍃𐍅𐌴 𐍅𐌹𐌺𐌹𐍀𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌰 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌰𐌽𐌸𐌰𐍂𐍉𐍃 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍀𐍉𐍃 𐍅𐌹𐌺𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌴. 𐌰𐌸𐌸𐌰𐌽, 𐍅𐌿𐌻𐌸𐍂𐌰𐌹𐍃 𐌹𐍃𐍄 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌸𐌾𐌰𐌽 𐌸𐌰𐌼𐌼𐌴𐌹 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌿𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 𐌰𐌻𐌻𐌹𐍃:
- 𐌽𐌹 𐌲𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌺𐌴𐌹𐌸, 𐌹𐌽𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌴𐌹𐌸, 𐌰𐌹𐌸𐌸𐌰𐌿 𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌳𐌹𐌸 𐌸𐌰𐍄𐌰 𐌲𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽𐍉 𐌰𐌽𐌰 𐌸𐌰𐌹𐌼 𐌽𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌳𐌹𐌼.
- Does not control or directly supervise the actions of website users (including user groups like "administrators").
- Does not set or enforce editorial policies for the projects.
All of these activities are done by the user community — the general public who contribute to and maintain the Wikimedia Projects.
The Wikimedia Foundation does not accept responsibility for the actions of these community members. In rare cases, when somebody is acting officially on behalf of the Foundation on the websites we host, this will be made clear. Their account name will usually include "-WMF", "(WMF)", or "WMFOffice".
How to resolve concerns about content
𐍆𐌹𐌻𐌿 𐌰𐌲𐌻𐍉𐌽𐍉 𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 𐌼𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍃 𐌹𐍃𐍄 𐌲𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌳𐌿𐌸𐌰𐌹 𐌱𐍂𐌿𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌴.
𐌳𐌿 𐍆𐍂𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌰𐌹 𐌰𐌽𐌰 𐍅𐌹𐌺𐌹𐍀𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌹 𐍃𐍉 𐌲𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌳𐌿𐌸𐍃 𐌼𐌰𐌲 𐌲𐌰𐌵𐌹𐌸𐌰𐌽 𐌰𐍆𐍄𐍂𐌰𐌼𐌴𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌽 𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌱𐌴 𐌾𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌹 𐌽𐌹 𐍃𐌹𐌽𐌳 "𐌽𐌰𐌹𐍅𐍄𐍂𐌰𐌻𐌹𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌹" 𐌰𐌹𐌸𐌸𐌰𐌿 "𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂 𐍆𐍂𐍉𐌳𐌰𐌱𐍉𐌺𐍉𐍃" - 𐌹𐌸 𐍃𐍉 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌿𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 𐍅𐌹𐌺𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌴 𐌰𐍆𐌽𐌹𐌼𐌹𐌸 𐌰𐌻𐌻𐌹𐍃 𐌸𐌰𐍄𐌰 𐌲𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽𐍉 𐌸𐌰𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌴𐌹 𐌹𐌽 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐌴 𐍅𐌹𐍄𐍉𐌳𐌴𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌹𐌶𐍉 𐍈𐌰𐍃𐍃𐌰𐌹𐌶𐍉.
The user community can therefore do much more for you, than the Wikimedia Foundation will. You are therefore strongly encouraged to first discuss any concerns with the community. Guidance is below.
You normally do not need a lawyer in order to speak with the community or the Wikimedia Foundation.
How to contact the community
You can share your concerns by posting a message on the Talk Pages of the relevant project. You usually do not have to register an account in order to post messages on those pages – just click the "Edit" or "Add a subject" link on the page in question. Some of the Projects have additional, special functionality to help resolve content complaints. For example:
- On Wikimedia Commons, you can click "Nominate for Deletion" next to an image or other file.
- 𐌰𐌽𐌰 𐍅𐌹𐌺𐌹𐍀𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌹 𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌻𐌹𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌹 𐍂𐌰𐌶𐌳𐌰𐌹, 𐌼𐌰𐌲𐍄 𐌱𐍂𐌿𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽 Edit Request Wizard 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌽𐌰𐌽 𐌹𐌽𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍉 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂 𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍆.
If you are not sure how or where to do this, or if you would prefer to discuss your issue using email, then you can contact the Volunteer Response Team (VRT) at info@wikimedia.org. There are also specific VRT addresses for certain languages and Wikimedia Projects — you can find them listed here. Note: this contacts members of the user community. Contacting a VRT is not a way to contact the Wikimedia Foundation. The Wikimedia Foundation will probably be unaware of any email sent to VRT addresses.
When communicating with the user community, be patient, respectful and cooperative. Users are part of the general public, and they will not tolerate harassment or legal threats.
How to contact the Wikimedia Foundation
If you have already tried to resolve your issue through the community and still need formal assistance, you can contact the Wikimedia Foundation directly.
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If you need information about a specific website user, please refer to the Wikimedia Foundation's Procedures and Guidelines for Requesting User Information.
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𐌹𐌽 𐍃𐌿𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌼 𐌳𐌰𐌹𐌻𐌴 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍈𐌰𐌿𐍃, 𐌷𐌹𐌻𐍀𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍀𐍉 𐍅𐌹𐌺𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌴 𐌲𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌳 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌳𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍉𐍃 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌱𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌳𐌰𐌹𐌻𐌹𐌽𐍃, 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌳𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌰 𐌱𐍂𐌿𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌾𐌰 𐌰𐌹𐌸𐌸𐌰𐌿 𐌰𐌽𐌸𐌰𐍂𐌰 "𐌲𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌲𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌹𐍃". 𐌽𐌹 𐍃𐌹𐌽𐌳 𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌷𐌰𐍆𐍄𐌹𐌳𐌰 𐌳𐌿 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌿𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌹 𐍅𐌹𐌺𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌴. 𐌽𐌹 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽𐌳 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌿𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌽 𐍅𐌹𐌺𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌴, 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌽𐌹 𐍂𐌰𐌲𐌹𐌽𐍉𐌽𐌳 𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍃𐍄𐍅𐌰 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍀𐍉 𐍅𐌹𐌺𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌴. 𐌱𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌼 𐌸𐌿𐌺 𐍃𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 𐍅𐌹𐍄𐍉𐌳𐌴𐌹𐌲𐍉𐍃 𐌰𐌹𐌸𐌸𐌰𐌿 𐍃𐍅𐌴𐍂𐍉𐍃 𐌼𐌴𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌹𐌽𐍃 𐌲𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌳𐌾𐌹𐍃 𐌸𐌰𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌴𐌹 𐌸𐌰𐌹𐌼 𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌼 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌳𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌼 𐌾𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌹 𐌰𐌲𐌻𐍉 𐌸𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰 𐌹𐍃𐍄 𐌱𐌹 𐍄𐍉𐌾𐌰 𐌹𐌶𐌴. 𐌽𐌹 𐍂𐍉𐌳𐌴𐌹 𐌳𐌿 𐌹𐌼 𐌱𐌹 𐌰𐌲𐌻𐍉𐌽𐍃 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍀𐍉 𐍅𐌹𐌺𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌴.
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