User blog comment:Mariaforever/Where are you???/@comment-5995315-20130201174112

I'm here too. I'm rather new, though, but I do check in on the posts.

I probably post here for different reasons that older members. But two things have happened that have changed things.

One is that the Merlin ended. That means the interest on this wiki has to shift to different aspects of the show and away from whatever people were talking about before it ended.

Second, Merlin lost the NTA award. This was a major blow to the reputation of the show in Britain. Hopefully, people in other parts of the world will feel differently and start joining this site to add their input. In a month or two Merlin will end season 5 in the United States, and people here might start adding their comments.

One problem is negativity. The blog roll on the landing page currently features three blogs about people leaving the site, plus a few more that stress things people don't like about Merlin. People do need to vent, but Merlin fans need to consider how this all looks.

When lurkers see what's on the landing page right now they're unlikely to join. So now that the series is over, it may be better all around to post more about the good, interesting, and curious things that make Merlin different from other programs.