User blog comment:Matortheeternal/Reinvigoration of Categorization/@comment-1854202-20110202212706/@comment-883664-20110203054725

@ Mattshadow: I think it can be managed. By being respectful and tactful one can maintain themselves in a positive, or at least neutral, position.

@Sally: Thanks. Yes this isn't a big change, in fact, it's just asking for us to do the jobs we are already doing better. If anything it's a requisition for improvement.

@Everyone: Copyright laws regarding ideas are very unclear and debatable, and the act of posting them on a wiki where they can be modified at will by users does not change things. Furthermore, someone is not really claiming your ideas/stories as theirs by contributing, and thus does nothing wrong in improving upon them. Though you do have a certain degree of control over said ideas because you created them given as a sign of respect and to maintain order the right to restrict all improvement upon your ideas - down to the most minor modifications such as adding categories - is not reserved for you. So, speaking from a legal and social standpoint, there is no doctrine that I have ever seen recognized in a wiki situation that so strictly prohibits editing as to disallow the addition of categories.

@ Angel Wings: Although I feel that I am in the right here with experienced background I must do as you say and recognize a compromise. For indeed, every wiki is created and defined by its users, and if some have a deviation of opinion from others it is not my write to forgo that deviation. I respect your suggestions and will do my very best to do as you have said - to be nice and formal in all my interactions with other users and to give ground for others opinions. If you ever see me deviating from this goal, please, let me know.

@MattShadow: As is the nature of the world. In many cases people will think or act in ways that you find illogical and irrevocably foolish. However, it is your responsibility to accept this fact and give ground where others demand it. For indeed, the immovable man is the one most easily broken. This theme is completely similar to the one presented by Hestia to Percy at the end of the The Last Olympian. As "there is strength in forfeiting power" there is also "strength in yielding".

@LCT: The only occasions in which that would be a problem is those in which the author(s) are inactive. In which case I hope it will be to no one's consternation if we add categories without explicit permission from the author(s).

@Angel Wings: Yes. Matt, listen to what Angel Wings says, her points are well-meant and well-reasoned. However foolish the actions of others may seem one must acknowledge their voice. It is in not acknowledging people's voices that tyrannies and oppressive societies arise. Angel Wings: Though you say you are staying out of this, by being a major poster you are inexplicably involving yourself. Though you may want to not incite conflict, simply claiming to not be involved or to actually not be involved will likely do little to further such a goal. For in claiming to not act while acting you are being hypocritical and while not acting in a situation where action is required you are being idle.

@ Bard: Ok. I suppose I misunderstood the strength of your position. My apologies. I hope that we can work together in the future to better this wiki. In the meantime, I would like to suggest, in a friendly non-assuming manner, that you work towards letting go of your previous experience with people editing your articles. It seems to me that it is making you afraid of something that is not present in the people you fear it from, that is, vandalism. Do not let your previous experience with a vandal cloud your judgment on all edits of articles that you have first created.