User blog comment:Thunder2004/Discord vs Wikia Chat/New wikia? and happy new year/@comment-26247925-20180101200651/@comment-26247925-20180101202750

Firstly, I will address your comment on the peak of the wiki. If we follow wiki history, we can see that 2015 was clearly the peak of the wiki, regardless of activity. Before 2015, the wiki was chaotic. 2014 in particular saw massive conflicts, with each other and with alts. Contrast this with 2015. 2015 was the last year in which the mapping community was truly united. It was the last year when large mappers would congregate here. It was the last year when many renowned members of the community would be active.

2016 saw the decline of the old userbase and the growth of a new one. This new userbase was untamed and unfiltered, and it created a new map game culture which drove away many veteran players. It also saw the splintering of the community, with the Community For Mappers growing immense. Non-English mappers grew very popular, meaning they would not come to the wiki. It saw the creation of Mappervision, which in turn led to the official nation revitalisation. However, this also created a lot of conflict between people regarding official nations, which would drive many more people away.

By 2017, map games were dominated by new players, official nation conflicts were common, and the old userbase was almost gone. Mappers stopped using the wiki as they had alternatives like the CFM (now TMC). Larger mappers like Void or Cheeze created their own communities which grew quickly, and the wiki was left in the dark. That's why 2016 was also a year of decline, not just 2017.

With your second point, our increasing connections with communities across Google Plus and Discord have increased our ranks, not wiki activity. Wiki activity does not correlate with community activity because as you may have noticed, the Discord is not the wiki. Even if the wiki is declining, the Discord is definitely doing the opposite.