Someone editing from an ip registered to the Portland Public Schools (Oregon) posted:
diff wrote:I have a gun and 3 mags
A. B. (T-C-L) reported it at ANI, writing:
See User talk:159.191.159.254, especially this troubling edit: "I have a gun and 3 mags"].
This edit was made at 16:56 Pacific Daylight Time - 45 minutes ago.
The IP is registered to the Portland Public Schools (Oregon). A slightly earlier edit may reveal a name.
I am 99% confident this is just a kid mouthing off but the 1% chance it's more than that is alarming.
I'm not sure what to do with this. --A. B. (talk • contribs • global count) 00:43, 14 March 2024 (UTC)
331dot (T-C-L) pointed them to
WP:EMERGENCY (T-H-L). Which should have been that. Until almost eight hours later
Liz (T-C-L) felt the need to make sure that A. B. will get his priorities straight:
In the future, please go directly to the folks who handle these situations rather than posting this on a public noticeboard. Liz Read! Talk! 08:40, 14 March 2024 (UTC)
In AB's defence, they did say they didn't know what to do with it. — Czello (music) 09:43, 14 March 2024 (UTC)
In AB's not so defence, when you try to add a new topic to this page you are faced with this red READ THIS FIRST BEFORE PROCEEDING! notice.
– 2804:F14:80C6:A301:BDB5:2E3E:64E9:12A8 (talk) 10:28, 14 March 2024 (UTC)
Fair point. — Czello (music) 11:17, 14 March 2024 (UTC)
Ok, I screwed up. Guilty as charged.
No, I don’t always reread the big red box.
I was very worried and believed I was working against time if this was a real threat. It was already 45 minutes old.
This was real life.
I was urgently looking for help.
—A. B. (talk • contribs • global count) 12:54, 14 March 2024 (UTC)