User blog comment:Xean/Featured Wikian: Jspoelstra/@comment-3183960-20121002212917/@comment-1724320-20121003161614

I mean...it's not that bad if you have some goals in mind and you're using that singular focus to continually make things better for the community you care about. The problem comes when that number becomes the main thing you care about, and the even bigger problem is when you start trying to compare other prolific editors with yourself, and then try to make reasons why those people don't deserve the same amount of...prestige as you. Anyone who's been around that long and who that committed is a very good editor, and you can't quantify their success by something as meaningless as how many times they've clicked the save button over the years. In some cases it can lead to unwarranted hatred stemming from jealous, or mild narcissism (note that I'm not saying this about you, but I've seen plenty of people get really worked up about it). Everyone needs to take a step back and stop worrying so much about the editcount number, and instead take a look what you've provided your wiki with in terms of content, fresh ideas and leadership. It make us all better off if that number wasn't displayed so prominently on userpages, chat and the promote tool. But I guess it inspires some people like yourself.

The things I do for the RuneScape Wiki, whether it's image licensing or search redirects or any other task I have at hand, often result in a large number of edits. That the role I've taken on, but I'm never going to claim that my contributions are any more important than those of a person who churns out guides, or someone who makes high-quality pictures and videos, or someone who specializes in countervandalism (although I've done plenty of those that myself). I do spend a hell of a lot of time editing, but it was never in any way so that number could be slightly higher. I hope that you'll eventually get past the point where you care about your editcount, and you'll still be contributing as much as you are now.

Anyway...I was a bit annoyed at your first comment, if only because I've been dealing with those insinuations for more than two years now. But it's all good. Hug it out.