Please note: This page is intended as a bit of light relief for devotees of the Wikipedia. It is in no way intended to show disrespect for 12 step programmes or to those people genuinely suffering from addictions who have found solace and recovery in such programmes.
- Hello, my name is Manning and I am a wikipediholic.
- Hello, my name Bryan, and I am a wikipediholic. I also compulsively link dates.
- Hello, my name is Bignose, and I have undiagnosed wikipediholism, even more tragic because I was suspected of it after less than 24 hours here. I agonise over the correct way to represent dates in articles. ( "Undiagnosed"??? Hmmmm... MB)
- Okay, I confess... my name is Simon and I am a wikipediholic.
- Hello, my name is Larry, and I...OK, gosh...golly, OK here goes. I am a...a...wikipediholic. (See, I just made that word bold.) I admit it, I compulsively...you know...copyedit. I also redirect pages. Sometimes I even...write content. (a startled murmur from the crowd, audible whispers of "we understand, Larry, it's OK, Larry, be strong, Larry...")
- Hello, my name is R.J., and I am a Wikipediholic. I find myself trying to wikify all my word-processing and email, and crying out in frustration when it's not possible.
- Hello, my name is Lee, and I have an insatiable compulsion to change "/talk" into "/Talk?", to add spaces to initials and periods to U.S., and take commas outside of quotation marks when they don't belong. I shake visibly upon seeing "more then..." or an incorrect "it's". At last, there's a place where my condition can find a healthy outlet and practical use. (Their, their, its OK... )
- My name is Michel, but I don't belong here. I am not a Wikipediholic. I can stop any time I want to ...
- I'm WP and I can't help checking Recent Changes 30 times a day
- Hello, my name is The Cunctator, and I'm a Wikipediholic. And people seem to hate me.
- Hello, my name is Jimbo Wales, and I'm a Wikipediholic. And I'm one of the people who seems to hate Cunctator, but I don't really. :-)
- My name is Taw and I'm a Wikipediholic.
- Hiall, my name is Mathijs, I'm 35 yrs, married, three kids, I've got a good job in the Dutch National Health Service, with a permanent connection, I've twice had a row with LMS but I'm still a Wikipediholic.
Sadly, the Wikipediholics Anonymous (
WA) programme has yet not managed to help a number of victims.
Suspected, but not admitted, Wikipediholics include:
AstroNomer
Tbc – I merely have a higher tolerance for editing than most people. (But thanks for your concern. :-)
Pinkunicorn (I can quit anytime I like)
Stephen Gilbert - "I don't have a problem, and there's nothing you sick rat bastards can say to change that!"
GWO - I took a break recently due to work commitments, but I appear to have relapsed...
AxelBoldt - People keep telling me about these self help groups, but I don't have time for stuff like that.
Koyaanis Qatsi - "My Wikipediaholism was at its worse in June and July, but lately--with grad school and two jobs--I just haven't had the time...." (various murmurs) "....Still, I think about steering my work towards subjects that can make wikipedia entries." (gasps, "oh no"s, "be strong")
sjc - "It's just that I prefer it to drink, drugs, vice and gambling. I just don't have time for any of those anymore."
mike dill - "I actually stayed away from the changes page for a day this week, I'm probably not a Wikipediholic."
JHK It's not my fault...it's a moral imperative...and, besides, Michael would never turn me on to something addictive...would he?
--Kpjas here 'holic of Wikipedia kind.
and many more...
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