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When something happens on Wikipedia that makes a person unhappy, they should try to solve it by talking to the other people. Making legal threats will not help the problem, and may get the person blocked. This is because legal threats:
Legal threats are very serious. If someone threatens to sue Wikipedia, they may actually do it. This would cause Wikipedia a lot of trouble and cost a lot of money. Making a legal threat can make other users afraid to change pages, or make them angry at you. There are almost always better ways to solve the problem.