User blog comment:Sannse/Navigating the Wilds of Adminship/@comment-5175866-20130813190507/@comment-413936-20130813194448

I think the general idea is to realize that some articles may start out short and then reach full article length through a collaborative effort. So the first edit may not have to be full-article length. I'm highly suspecting this does not refer to ones which are uselessly and needlessly short (i.e. "This is fido" length). Although, an article remaining very short for an extended length of time would be worrisome.