User blog comment:Rupert Giles/Prototype for a new article layout/@comment-28736347-20150111143554/@comment-4738639-20150111163136

True, I like the number mostly so I can keep track of how many pages there are and see if any new pages were added that may have been missed or overlooked in the wiki activity.

Sometimes a spam page is made either on purpose or by accident and has to be removed and seeing the number go up with new content (for game wikis) could kind of serve as something is off.