User blog comment:Edwin Shade/How To Become Number One On The Leaderboard/@comment-4224897-20180102225928/@comment-30754445-20180103224243

I don't think the old regulars have lost interest in large numbers. I also don't think there's any lack of enthusiasm from the newer members.

The problem is that there's nobody to pull this place together. I'm beginning to feel like a grumpy old man, being the only regular member who points out these problems. But I'm doing this because nobody else is doing it, and these things need to be said.

See, I don't think it is right to point at people like Edwin and say they are the problem.

People sometimes want to have silly fun, which is fine.

People sometimes do questionable things in the name of silly fun, which is... well, less fine, but quite understandable.

The real problem is that there's nobody here to keep them in check. Nobody says "hey, wait a minute... this shouldn't be happening". This wiki is going to the dogs, and other then a few weak cries here and there, nobody cares at all.

Besides, of-course, Grumpy Old PsiTM.

You would expect, at the very least, that the veterans and experts and admins would provide some kind of order. Yet they don't. At best, they keep out of any such situation and remain passive. At worst, they're actually part of the problem (one of the worst offenders in the "edit competition wars" is a very prolific member who has been writing here for many years).

Oh, and I'm still wondering when we'll have actual notability guidelines for the mainspace.