Thanks, I put this in the backlog: https://trello.com/c/txLNEpcr

It's an interesting idea; I want to hear more about the use cases, and talk to our CL about it. Is there an equivalent on talk pages? Is there a risk of someone ignoring an admin who's trying to help?

I understand the "good person avoiding persistent harassment" use case. I just want to think through how a "bad person" might use this feature...

Sumana, feel free to email me, and we can talk about it.

sumanah wrote:

Thanks for the note, Danny. I understand that it's important to think through how both good-faith users and malicious users could end up using something like this.

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/wikitech/494928 has some more thinking on the topic.

You're absolutely right that there's a risk that a user could ignore someone who is trying to help them.

I think the community liaisons would be able to give you better and more use cases; if you'd like to ask for the stories of people who have to see sexist, homophobic, and transphobic language in onwiki discussions right now, you might want to consult:

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_LGBT

https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap