Wikipedia:Barnstaritis
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Barnstaritis is a disease of the brain, that will eventually result with the sufferer being a target from other users who may themselves be suffering from "Tall Poppy Syndrome". Barnstaritis is closely related to Editcountitis, In that they share certain characteristics. Recent ground breaking research has indicated that 70% of sufferers of Editcountitis also suffer from Barnstaritis.[citation needed] There are two strains of Barnstaritis, Barnstaritis A and Barnstaritis B
[edit] Strains
Barnstaritis A is the unconscious decision to show off your barnstar(s) at nearly every possible opportunity to the point of ad nauseum, sometimes these opportunities are inappropriate.
Barnstaritis B is the concious decision to award barnstars to users whom you have only seen once as a meet and greet present and not for the reasons the barnstar was intended. Diagnoisis of this strain is much more hard and usually requires the patient to think deeply.
[edit] Symptoms
Symptoms of Barnstaritis A Include
- Putting the same barnstars on most or all of your user pages.
- Talking about or referring users to the fact you have barnstars when a dispute arrises in order to give you an edge.
- Treating barnstars as status or authority.
Symptoms of Barnstaritis B Include
- De-glorifying a barnstar by giving it to all your friends to get in their "good books".
- Using barnstars as "Friendship making" tools without observing what the barnstar is actually meant for
[edit] Treatment
If you think you have Barnstaritis it is never to late to fix it and its quite easy to do so, some solutions include
- Put all barnstars on one page, that way people can look at them but are not forced to.
- Don't use "how many barnstars" as a point of conversation.
