User blog comment:Sannse/How to Get Unblocked/@comment-1038387-20140716182012/@comment-8-20140716201744

I think that, unfortunately, experience has made many admins expect an angry or confrontational message after a block. So I would agree that anything you can do to show that's not your intent, including starting your message with a polite greeting and introduction, will help reduce the chances of that sort of misunderstanding