Wikipedia:Simple talk/Archive 42 Acceptance of Wikiprojects by community?
A major problem with using any number of active members as a guide to if the project is active is that while a member may be active this does not mean they are active in that project. People sign up for projects and months go by and they do nothing towards that project. They may have thousands of edits, but nothing about the project. They should not be counted towards activity. The primary judging point is activity on the project pages that deals with more than just someone signing up as a member. Many of the listed projects do not even have a talk page. Projects Categorization, Video Games, and Gwib's sex fetishes are the only ones with real activity in their feilds and even these have little to no activity on their pages other than the occasional new member.