Wikipedia:Correspondence off-wiki

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This page in a nutshell: With the exception of information covered in the Wikimedia privacy policy, do not consider Wikipedia-related correspondence to be confidential.

Correspondence and communications between or among editors or third parties, such as

In cases where a person who has received correspondence feels that such correspondence should be shared on Wikipedia, the Wikimedia privacy policy continues to apply.

Correspondence that directly relates to the project should not be considered private with the exceptions listed below:

• Do not post on-site any material that can contains
  real life names, IP addresses and email addresses etc. as per our Wikipedia:Harassment
  policy.
• The complete text of OTRS emails should not be posted without the express permission of the author. In some cases (such as when responding to
  OTRS
  messages) it may be possible to discuss the existence and content of a private message without revealing the actual content, but this should be done with caution.
• Correspondence between two individuals that is unrelated to actions taken on Wikipedia.
• Correspondence that is sent or received with the explicit expectation of confidentiality, e.g.
  Arbcom-l
  and Checkuser-l.

• Wikipedia:Privacy
• Wikipedia:Harassment
• Wikipedia:Private correspondence (rejected proposal)
• Wikipedia:Confidential evidence (rejected proposal)
• Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Durova#Removal of private correspondence