Your style doesn t seem suited to people who tend to take comments literally personally and above all emotionally no Don t worry You now know what doesn t work when talking to this editor I believe you re the one who always talks about fixing the program when it fails so there you go My personal advice would be to treat WP CIVIL with more seriousness than WP IAR in most cases When in doubt speak plainly and rationally rather than evocatively It s boring and slower but it has a higher success rate Then again it s not exactly the end of the world As the truism says a man who can not make mistakes can not do anything So you misjudged big deal Acknowledge and continue Talk