Talk:Derpy/@comment-26223929-20150319212113/@comment-5870562-20150323014939

In my opinion technically the wikia article isn't incorrect as much as it is incomplete. AKR has publicly admitted to receiving a tiny minority of negative emails in a statement which you can read (among other places) on EQD here:

http://www.equestriadaily.com/2012/02/amy-keating-rogers-response-to-derpy.html

The only line on the wikia I think is "inconsistent" is that the decision to alter Derpy was made in response to emails complaining about our fine Muffiny Mare. AKR is the only source employed by Hasbro/Hub to ever publicly admit to receiving negative emails about Derpy. But in the statement where she admits to receiving them she also says when Hasbro/Hub contacted her NO decision was made and she was absolutely unaware if her conversation with Hasbro/Hub resulted in any changes at all. However, the video linked above, Fleecs and Price directly and unequivocally answer the plain question "Why was Derpy Hooves altered?" with the answer "iTunes complained preemptively". Therefore from the facts we actually know, iTunes had not received any negative emails or complaints, but was worried internally that there might be some. AKR did actually receive a small amount of negative emails, but their effect on Derpy is unknown. The only thing we know for sure is that iTunes absolutely pressured Hasbro/Hub to preemptively retcon Derpy, and Hasbro/Hub did so. So even if AKR's negative emails were maybe possibly a contributing factor in the recton, the actions of iTunes were 100% certainly a contributing factor. I have long supported amending the line about why Derpy was retconned to read "At least one Hasbro/Hub employee reported receiving a tiny amount of negative emails, however the effect of these emails on the decision to alter Derpy is not known.  However, other Hasbro/Hub employees have publicly stated that iTunes demanded that Derpy be preemptively retconned to avoid the possibility of any formal complaints being made against the episode after its release, and that the decision to retcon Derpy was made as a result of this pressure from Apple/iTunes."