Thread:Sannse/@comment-1705775-20120329120245/@comment-3061886-20120404134600

I would like to reiterate Tierrie's point, but in a different sort of manner. First and foremost, I would like to disagree with your assertion that it is possible to portray 18+ content in an unexplicit manner. This is because, by simple virtue of its rating, there must be something within said content that would be deemed unsafe for viewing for a more general audience. That is why the game, movie, etc. is rated what it is. Asking us to try and make our wiki's content more acceptable is simple absurd because the game that the wiki is based on is not acceptable for everyone. We as wiki editors do a service to both ourselves, our viewers, and the game creators by accurately describing, showing, and expressing the same points, views, ideas, and concepts that we find in the actual game. Asking us to change our ways because they aren't acceptable is thus asking us to do a disservice to the informative website we have thus-far created.

Frankly, I fail to see how the image could possibly be offensive to the point of it requiring a deletion. If someone has plaed Dragon Age, then they have already been exposed to the image and would either know to avoid that particular page, or simply be aware of its contents. If someone hasn't played the game, then why would they be on our Wiki at all? The pages on both Dragon Age games on our wiki clearly state that the game is rated M for Mature, which would most likely make any curious non-player aware that they are in a place that contains mature themes and content. If they persist, and happen to stumble upon the Mother, or another offensive image, then we have the moral high ground of saying that they were duly warned.

In all honesty, I see no reason why our wiki should care about the opinions of outside viewers at all. We do not maintain the wiki for them and their viewing. The wiki was created as a place for DA players to compile their knowledge about the lore of the games, books, comics, etc. Non-players who are curious about the games are certainly welcome, of course, but we do not force people who may be offended by what we post and upload to come to our wiki and view our content. As we have shown you already, the DA wiki has united in denouncing your deletion and subsequent reasoning as admittedly well-mannered, but high-handed and ultimately ill-conceived. No one in our community finds the content offensive, and yet we must bow to the odd person, who may or may not exist, that stumbles onto our site of their own volition and finds what we post obscene?