[[user:Dbachmann]] introduced the term "Main article fixation" at [[talk:Germany]] for a phenomenon that, he and I think, is an impediment for the improvement of Wikipedia. He noticed that editors are fixated on arguing over every word on the main article [[Germany]] though the article is of reasonable quality.
Editors seem to forget that [[Germany]]'s ancillary articles like [[Geography of Germany]] are in a sorry state and in dire need of competent editors.
I have the impression that this is a general phenomenon at Wikipedia, not confined to [[Germany]]. The reason seems to be that editors think that if their POV or positive fact is mentioned in a main article then people will read it. I think editors forget that people who are interested in a certain subject will also click on the more detailed article that offers more facts and divers POVs
I hope that editors who read this will help to distract attention of other editors from the main articles to the ancillary articles to enable the overall better quality of Wikipedia.
Thanks. Andries K.D.