Forum:Equip card activation: A simple question

I have asked various people, some who had been official judges back when yu-gi-oh had that whole system, and I have never gotten a definitive answer.

When a card "re-equips" an equip spell card to another monster (say, flint lock and flint), is that considered an activation of the equip spell card?

Some people I have asked have said that it is not and that it has no effect as a spell card activation. Others have said that is's a reactivation because equipping is how you activate an equip spell card, so it counts as a spell card activation for the purpose of other card effects that react to spell card activation (like the placing of spell counters).

What is the Yu-Gi-Oh wiki communities Ruling?