User blog comment:It's Good to be the Queen/Morgana (aka Dick Dastardly) strikes again/@comment-4623180-20121018023443/@comment-4623180-20121018093055

I did not say any of these things:


 * You are required to like Morgana and say she's perfect in every way.


 * Your opinion must not be different from the majority.


 * You are attacking the actor (I'm not sure where that's from).

I think you were taking it too much on the offensive, and I have no intentions on banning you. Trust me, I only ban people who actually affect the pages themselves or attack other users.

Also the way in which I was addressing you I apologise as it was condescending and confronting, I should know not to speak like that here as not many people will take it well, but if I were to say it to you in real-life you wouldn't feel that way as the tone of my voice would not be serious. But I understand this isn't real life and trying to communicate with people you don't know very well involves trying to be as general and uncontroversial as possible.

If I were suppressing your opinions I would simply have banned you by now. This is just a little misunderstanding (plus the first time a serious disagreement between us has happened) and I'm not saying you're wrong, you have your point of view, but your concerns are not correct or backed up (as I stated above). I am worried, though, if one opinion like this can upset you so easily and make you consider leaving (after just one confronting comment), how would you be able to deal with real hate? Trust me, I was simply disagreeing and pointing out that I thought your posts were repetitive and come off as offensive to some people. I don't want to attack you. I see these types of posts as a worry, as they have been popping up a lot more often on this Wiki- these types of discussions never happened a year ago- if I were a normal user coming to the Wiki I would not respond happily at all. Plus I see comments and get emails from people saying they are intimidated by the community, so that's why they don't join. As I explained in the blog about not turning this Wiki into a bash site (which you responded to very maturely, showing your maturity), even the slightest extra bit of consideration can prevent a whole lot of trouble, such as a message at the top saying "Do not read if you love Morgana. This is a critical opinion on Morgana and I have my own opinion, but I respect that everyone else has their own and this will not be taken light-heartedly. Do not read if you love Morgana and I do not mean to attack the way you think about the character" or adding small things like, "In my opinion", or "I thought that".. there are many ways you could lighten it. But you know, I am not forcing you. You have loads of freedom. And I've been accused before of trying to suppress people, so I've got bad reactions like this before, but I still persist on resting on my laurels, that's what's helped make this Wiki what it is- we get very little hate directed at the Wiki itself. So I am very prepared to have a lot thrown at me, that's part of the quest to reach your goals.

So to conclude, It's Good to be the Queen, as you can see you are not being asked to leave, or even hinted you're not wanted, we need people with good articulation, passion and so on like you, you help keep the Merlin spirit alive here, but as you can see as Alfons and Gerda suggested, focusing on politeness is the key!