User blog comment:Rappy 4187/Technical Update: November 30, 2015/@comment-24545405-20151201193849/@comment-452-20151204160543

I regard "nags" the same way I do advertising: I will not buy anything I am being pestered to buy, and I will not do anything I am being nagged to do. When I first started editing with this account, the majority of my first 500 edits were voluntarily fixing issues listed on special pages. While informing people that these special pages exist is a good idea, nagging them is not. I know I'm not alone in this as I've had the other people say the same thing about the automated welcome message, while I think it's a little different, it still confirms the general concept of nagging being a bad thing.

"they're more about getting the message to the 'right' people"

It's clear to me that I'm not 'the right people', and I would very much like to not see anything directed at "powerusers" in future.

Since my request to be removed from the "poweruser" group was ignored, I opened a support ticket, and that request was denied with the message:
 * "I'm pretty sure we don't have the ability to easily remove you from that group. It's based on activity levels."

Apparently there was no "opt-out" function implemented for the "poweruser" feature.

I've long held the opinion that "edit counts are meaningless". In fact, I'm the first google result for that phrase. But this has now changed my opinion to "edit counts are detrimental". After all, if I didn't edit so much, I wouldn't be seeing the nags. I am literally being rewarded for my editcount with nags.

As far as I can tell, the only way I can currently completely opt-out of future poweruser nag messages and modules is to sign up for a new account every time I reach the "poweruser" threshold. Either that or stop using Wikia entirely.

So:
 * What is the threshold?
 * How long does this account have to be inactive before the "poweruser" group is automatically removed?
 * How many edits can I make per day/month/whatever without being branded a "poweruser"?

The source contains const MIN_LIFETIME_EDITS = 2000; const MIN_FREQUENT_EDITS = 140; const PERIOD_INTERVAL = '-60 days';
 * Are these accurate? Is the threshold 140 edits in the last 60 days? (If so, the answer to my third question is 2.3 edits per day.)
 * If I stop using User:452 now, will the poweruser status be removed in February?
 * If I create User:452b, will it be free from nags until reaching 2000 edits?