User:Archanamiya/Disease

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This is the official Catalogue of Wikipedia Maladies, Conditions, and Other Illnesses.

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[edit] Editcountitis

Signs/Symptoms: Frequently checking edit count more than twice in five minutes, constant talk about edit count, resorting to revert one's own edits to rack up edits.

Editcountitis may also be a symptom of OCRFAD.

Treatment: Tell the victim that edits really don't matter all that much, talk to them about their condition.

Cure: If diagnosed in the early stages, Editcountitis can often be cured. The longer one waits though, the less successful treatment is.

[edit] Obsessive Compulsive Request For Adminship Disorder (OCRFAD)

Signs/Symptoms: Frequently talking about becoming an admin, constant comparing of others in their chances of becoming an admin. The user also may suffer from Editcountitis.

Treatment: Prevent them from talking about adminship, often talk about other topics of Wikipedia rather than adminship.

Cure: There is no known cure, other than the victim telling themselves that adminship doesn't matter.

[edit] Wikiboredom

Signs/Symptoms: Staring blankly at the Main Page, repeatly clicking the Random article link, boredom.

Treatment: Log out for a while, revert vandalism, use Lupin's tool, participate in Afd discussions.

Cure: This condition is curable through treatment 95% of the time.

If untreated, may lead to Chronic Wikiboredom.

[edit] Chronic Wikiboredom

The exact same thing as normal Wikiboredom, only recurring frequently.

[edit] Wikipediholism

[edit] Chronic Wikipediholism

The exact same thing as regular Wikipediholism, only chronic and recurring.