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 | This page in a nutshell: Do not stop other editors from enjoying Wikipedia by making threats, repeated annoying and unwanted contacts, repeated personal attacks, bullying, or posting personal information. |
Harassment is a pattern of repeated rude or nasty behavior that seems to a normal observer to deliberately target one or more people. Usually (but not always) the purpose is to make the target feel frightened or scared, and the result may be to make editing Wikipedia not very nice for the target, to hurt, frighten, or make them worry about editing.
Wikipedia must never be misused to harass anyone, whether or not the person being harassed is an editor here. Edits which are or look like harassment will be reverted, deleted, or suppressed, as appropriate, and editors who take part in harassment are likely to be blocked.
Harassment can include actions which are expected to be noticed by the target and clearly meant to target them, where no actual conversation (talking or writing) takes place.