User blog comment:Likes-That-Tail/The Importance of the Namespaces/@comment-9062114-20140727203710/@comment-24274106-20140727221541

Even though Jimeee's statistic isn't even the only point, the fact that millions of people view articles is enough to say that the articles definitely matter. Although Jimeee did not say how many views the forums have, does it seem logical to say they get millions of views everyday? I didn't say that forums aren't important. In fact, I said quite the contrary.

As for there being a reason that people don't edit the mainspace, I'm sure some have their reasons. I'm not here to say those reasons are not important, but just because they don't think the mainspace is important enough to edit, that doesn't mean the mainspace is not important. The hypocrisy of some of the chat/forum users is unbearable and that's coming from a chat moderator. Complaining about users who think the mainspace is the most important and then turning around and saying the forums is most important just doesn't make sense. If it upsets you when people say what you care about is more important, then why do say that what they care about is less important? It doesn't make sense to me. The reason the mainspace is more important is because that's what helps TES fans the most. This wiki is a wiki by the community, not for the community.

That brings me to my final point, just because the mainspace doesn't have editors doesn't mean it isn't important. People mainspace is definitely important, you can not logically deny that. The fact that it doesn't get many editors is because people don't deem it as important, despite the fact that it is. Something can be important and not be deemed as important. For hundreds of years, ancient Egyptians thought that the brain wasn't important, yet it's the most important part of the body. A gardener can ignore giving water to their plants, that doesn't mean that water isn't important to the plants. Just because only a few editors contribute to the mainspace, that doesn't make the mainspace any less important. Yes, the forums do have more user activity than the mainspace. But does user activity really decide the importance on a wiki? This wiki isn't for the users, a wiki is for all players and fans of The Elder Scrolls. I don't have a problem with people that use the wiki without contributing to the mainspace? But I DO have a problem with people that claim the mainspace isn't important. Stop trying to usurp the admins for focusing on the mainspace, if you payed attention to it, you'd notice that it is in dire need of attention. You said it yourself, the mainspace has revert spammers, badge-hunters, and vandals, not to mention that everything before Oblivion is lacking quite a large amount of content, not to mention ESO. Causing drama by complaining about admins is not helpful, if anything, it's impeding the progression and growth of the Wiki and community.