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ArsenicChaseScream · 20/10/2014 23:29
I know there are differing opinions for what should happen before that point BUT once an OP has said they are safe, accompanied or similar, is there not a strong argument for suspending the thread?
RowanMumsnet · 21/10/2014 14:54
Hello
Sorry, we seem to be chasing our tails rather across different threads about this today.
We are, right now, in the process of seeking advice from the Samaritans about how best to handle these situations. (Thanks for those guidelines heartisaspade - they look as though they were written as guidance for journalistic pieces/UGC under published journalism, rather than for peer-to-peer forums, but you may well be entirely correct that the Samaritans' advice would be the same for forums).
Once we've got feedback from the Samaritans we'll come back to you all and see if we can form a consensus on the best way forward.
RowanMumsnet · 21/10/2014 15:54
Absolutely hearts and we're not trying to find a way around it at all. We do want to actually speak to the Samaritans though and make sure we get clear advice from them, if possible, about our specific situation.
RowanMumsnet · 21/10/2014 17:06
Yes you may well be right Farely. We appreciate that there are at least two things here - posters who want to say 'I'm feeling extremely wobbly right now', and actual flat-out statements of suicidal intent. It may be that the external advice we receive makes a distinction between these two things.
When we've got something substantial from the organisations we're approaching we will happily come back and discuss further.
RowanMumsnet · 21/10/2014 22:18
It has been deleted - we zapped it this afternoon.
Of course you and other posters are making very compelling points - we just think that for now, as we seem to have reached a point where lots of users are concerned about this particular issue, that we should make sure we've done our research properly before reversing a long-standing stance (on allowing posts by suicidal posters to stand). We're sorry if this comes across as splitting hairs or deliberate foot-dragging; it's really not. We just want to be sure we get it right so that we don't (hopefully) find ourselves having to revisit everything in a few months.
TheLateKateMumsnet · 23/10/2014 17:27
Hi everyone,
You might have seen, but we've started a thread here to address some of the matters raised here.
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