Once the article is created, it can appear in Google. Once it's in Google, it's more likely to have visitors and some of them might improve the article. I have

Once the article is created, it can appear in Google. Once it's in Google, it's more likely to have visitors and some of them might improve the article. I have no idea whether this was the rationale or even whether it's a good idea, but there might be more to their strategy than article count.