User blog comment:DEmersonJMFM/Suggestions for Wiki/@comment-26901681-20170217011219/@comment-5558012-20180112053640

Hey! I know I'm like a year late to reply, but the main reason I've listed it as a little arbitrary (and still do) is the numbers. The specific numbers really don't matter and it doesn't seem right to use some of these as guides (kinda strange to me is the large emphasis on images, it's weird). Upload 50 images and add 500 to articles. No one here has done that (sorry but galleries are not "articles"). To me, adding a large number of images to pages has little correlation to whether or not someone is a good editor for these positions. Edit count may hint that they are reliable and dedicated to the wiki, but still doesn't add much of value until the individual edits are reviewed. Then you have user personality - friendliness, teamwork, etc. I think the guidelines will always be arbitrary to me when a bunch of random numbers are included.

I know you enough though that you look at more factors than simple edit counts.