Wikipedia:Wikipediholism test

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If you're not sure whether you are a Wikipediholic or are unsure about the amount of Wikipedihol you took, then you should take this test. Give yourself at least 15 minutes because there are around 150 questions. The point value of answering 'yes' to each question is listed in parentheses ( ) at the end of the question. The higher the result, the more Wikipedihol you had! New questions and modifications are of course welcome—good questions are those that measure current addiction (e.g., "have you edited a page in the last week?", not "have you ever edited a page?"), on the hypothesis that Wikipediholicism can be cured, or at least controlled to some degree. New questions should be added as #ENTRY (point value, additional notes) in order to be compatible with the automated version. An automated version and a legacy version are also available.

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The test

Do you typically use Wikipedia at least once a week? (1)
Do you typically use Wikipedia at least once a day? (2)
Do you typically use Wikipedia for more than an hour a day? (4)
Is more than 60% of your time online spent at Wikipedia? (10)
...75%? (50)
...exactly 100%? (100)
Did you stop using your printed encyclopedia and start using this one instead? (2)
Did you throw away your printed encyclopedia? (2)
Do you start new articles? (2)
Do you read Wikipedia over a public wireless Internet connection? (2)
Do you edit Wikipedia articles while over such a connection? (4)
Is that connection in a restaurant? (6)
...Do you edit Wikipedia while waiting for your meal? (8)
...During your meal? (20)
...While eating? (25)
...One hand on the keyboard, and one on your food? (100 – that's it, we're driving you down to the next Wikiclinic for treatment.)
Do you stop eating to edit Wikipedia and then throw your meal away, because it spoiled while you were editing? (50 more points - you're a junkie)
Did you pick that restaurant because of the free WiFi? (5 more)
Are you on an aircraft with wireless access to the Internet during flight? (25)
...because you can edit on Wikipedia on it? (35)
Are you eating your meal on said flight while taking this test or writing an article? (50)
Did you choose this flight over another because of the access to Wikipedia? (100 plus a point for every $10 more you paid for this flight than the one you would have taken)
Do you talk in Wikipedia markup code? (2)
...Every day? (50)
Do you request that articles be created, improved, expanded, deleted, etc.? (1)
Do you fulfill such requests? (2)
Have you requested a new software feature, or reported a bug, in the last few weeks? (2)
Do you make redirect pages? (1)
Do you think you're using a significant portion of Wikipedia's bandwidth? (5)
Do you click on "Random Page" at least once a day (or just because you're bored)? (2)
When you click 'Random Page' do you, more often than not, find an article you have edited? (3)
...Written? (10)
Have you ever gotten the same random page twice in a row? (3)
...Three times in a row? (10)
Are you upset that you only got ten points for that last question, even though the odds of getting the same random article three times in a row are about one in 6,824,114³? (100; that really is a ripoff)
Do you check new pages every week? (1.5)
Do you check new pages every day? (3 more)
Do you check Recent Changes almost every day? (2)
Do you check Recent Changes more than ten times a day? (5)
Do you have Recent Changes bookmarked? (1)
Do you have Recent Changes set as your start page? (12)
Do you check your Watchlist almost every day? (1)
Do you check your Watchlist every day? (2)
Do you check your Watchlist more than ten times a day? (4)
Do you have your Watchlist set as your start page? (8)
Do you have more than 50 items in your watchlist? (1)
...More than 100? (2)
...More than 1000? (4)
...More than 10,000? (8)
...too much? (100, plus 12 for every hour you wasted)
...are you emotional that you only got 8 points for 10,000 items? or emotional this test no longer gives you 50 points for mere editcountitis? (50, and some pity)
Have you ever missed a deadline for a school/work assignment because you were too busy editing Wikipedia (15)
Have you learned a new language or improved in one you already knew for the primary purpose of being able to read the Wikipedia in that language? (6)
...Or for some other reason, such as picking it up where you left it x-many years ago? (2)
Do you occasionally promote Wikipedia, either in person or by mentioning it on social media, IRC, forums or message boards, web pages, mail signatures, etc.? (2 for each promotion)
...Every day? (5)
Did you buy a Wikipedia T-shirt? (5)
...specifically to get the 5 points? (10)
...prior to the existence of shop.wikipedia.org? (20, but only physical shirts count)
Do you find yourself writing regular text using Wikipedia link and layout conventions? (3)
Is something you have thought was important, such as social life, career or studies, suffering because you spend so much time on Wikipedia? (10)
Have you spent time editing Wikipedia instead of working on an essay or important written assignment? (3 points, plus half the percentage of points you missed on that assignment)
... In class? (5)
Do you find yourself getting dreams related to editing Wikipedia? (4)
Are you not getting enough sleep because of time on Wikipedia? (9)
Are you sleeping during the day (as of 8 AM) because you edited Wikipedia overnight? (5 points, plus overslept time in hours)
Do you forget to think twice before you say something to real people but re-check a hundred times what you have typed in before posting your comment in a talk page? (5)
Do you judge people you know in "real life" partly on the basis of their Wikipedia contributions? (6)
Do you think quality of contributions to Wikipedia is an important criterion in choosing a partner for a close relationship? (17 and a crash course in dating)
Do you subscribe to a Wikimedia mailing list (e.g. WikiEN-l, Wikimedia-l)? (2)
Do you actually read that mailing list? (20)
Do you find yourself refreshing the mailing list, hoping that something new has arrived? (5)
Or do you have an automatic notifier, and laugh because you only have to refresh whenever the notifier tells you to? (7)
Do you think it will be better than every other Encyclopedia soon? (3)
Do you think it is already better than every other Encyclopedia? (2)
Do you argue that contributions to Wikipedia are "productive" or "useful" - unlike "wasting time" playing games or watching football? (5)
Did you donate money to Wikipedia? (3)
Do you wake up in the night in a cold sweat wondering whether your latest submission was truly written from the NPOV? (6)
Have you ever met another Wikipedian in "real life"? (2)
Have you ever had sex with another Wikipedian? Sock puppet accounts don't count. (10)
Have you bought a second monitor so you could edit Wikipedia more efficiently? (25)
Did you immediately think of ways to improve this test, or adjust the scores so that they neatly add up to 100? (3.14)
Have you edited this test to get a better score? (10)
Do you think your score is too high and maybe you'll do something about it after "a few more edits"? (6)
Have you ever looked for the "Edit" link on an ordinary Web page? (3)
Have you ever instinctively searched for the edit link to correct an unfortunate wording while reading a newspaper or book? (4)
Have you ever edited an article on Wikipedia while paying long distance charges to connect to the Internet? (5)
Do you make edits while drunk or under the influence of other intoxicating substances and find that nobody reverts your changes? (1)
Have you ever edited Wikipedia while taking a bath because you found it made the experience even more relaxing? (5)
Have you ever publicly declared that you've quit Wikipedia but found yourself lingering about anyway? (7)
Have you ever requested to be a sysop? (2)
Are you a sysop? (2)
Do you actually have sysop powers on more than one Wikipedia? (2 points more)
Have you ever requested to be a bureaucrat? (3)
Are you a bureaucrat? (3 points more)
Are you a steward? (5 points)
Are you an admin? (50 points)
Did you translate the Wikipedia software? (3)
Did you program part of it? (20)
Do you edit articles in your sleep? (17)
Do you curse out loud upon waking and realizing that you have to make all those edits over again? (2 points more)
...Or are the edits actually still there...? (200 points, plus the Randi prize)
Do you edit Wikipedia on a laptop? (1)
Did your laptop's fan go on by itself while you were at Wikipedia? (2)
Did your laptop melt (or show serious signs of melting) while you were editing Wikipedia? (100 points and a new computer fan)
Do you edit Wikipedia with a mobile phone or tablet? (2)
...Because you can't wait until you get access to a PC to add some obscure fact to Wikipedia? (4)
Have you edited before 6:30 am? (6)
...until 4 am? (2)
...until 6 am? (4)
...until 8 am or later? (7)
After reading the last question, did you give yourself 13 points because it is always 4, 6, or 8 AM somewhere? (13 points for cleverness :)
Do you edit Wikipedia at night (i.e. after midnight) consuming drinks to keep you up? (2)
Do you hold Wikipedia Nights, that is, nights when you intentionally go to bed late, after spending n hours editing Wikipedia? (5)
Do you get people to join you in such an event? (10)
When you see abbreviations such as TW, GA and FA in real life, do you interpret them with their Wikipedia meanings? (8)
Do you have an urge to edit this nonexistent article? (1)
Did you immediately try to create the above nonexistent article? (10)
From how many locations or devices did you visit Wikipedia the past 30 days? (1 per machine)
Do you use terms like "dab", "lk", "sp", "revert", "blanking", "content", "NPOV", or other terms in their Wikipedia sense in unrelated contexts? (2)
Have you ever thought about the social impact of Wikipedia? (15)
Have you ever browsed Wikipedia while communicating with your significant other? (5)
Have you told your significant other something on Wikipedia while communicating with them? (10)
...Was he or she impressed? (5)
...Or bored? (-5)
Do you have NPOV issues with the negative score attributed to the previous question? (5)
Are you surprised when you click on a normal link and it doesn't take you to a Wikipedia article? (1)
Have you ever gone and done something new on this list, deliberately to raise your score? (1)
Have you broken some sort of rule just to visit Wikipedia? (6)
Have you spotted a typo above and now have a crushing urge to edit that typo but dare not edit it for you won't remember where you read up to? (3)
...Have you edited it? (5)
Do you use the shortcut keys when using Wikipedia? (2)
Do you hit Alt+X (or its equivalent on your keyboard) more than any other shortcut key? (3)
When you wake up in the night and can't get back to sleep due to some nagging worry do you get up and start working on Wikipedia so that you will get tired and have something relaxing to fill your mind when you go back to bed? (2)
...Did it work? (40)
Have you in your impatience for others to edit an article, brought an article all the way from a stub to featured article status? (10)
Have you ever signed a real email with ~~~~? (1)
...100 emails with ~~~~? (50 and a WP:Wikipedian in residence position)
Did you create an automated version of this test so you wouldn't have to add up your score? (100)
Have you ever taken this quiz more than once simply to correspond with the most recent version? (12)
Have you ever bought a CD, movie, video game, book or other media product so you can write the article, scan the cover and upload it to Wikipedia? (5)
... and have you paid full price or even bought it costlier from a second-hand retailer for it? (7.5)
Have you joined a wikipedia(ns) community on a non-Wikipedia website? (30)
Have you ever argued with anyone over Wikipedia's accuracy? (5)
...Did you win? (10)
...Did you win, but you were the one saying it was not accurate? (-15)
Do you find yourself caught up in Wikipedia discussions a lot? (14)
...more than real-life discussions? (36)
Have you made more than 100 edits in a month? (8)
...1,000? (24)
...10,000? (75)
...More than 20,000? (250)
Have you made more than 500 total edits? (10)
...1,000? (20)
...5,000? (40)
...10,000? (100)
...Are you on the list of Wikipedians by edit count? (150)
...50,000? (200)
...Are you on the top 100 of the edit count list? (500)
...Are you on the top 10 of that list? (1000)
...Are you on the top 5 of that list? (1500)
...Are you User:Ser Amantio di Nicolao? (2000)
Are you Jimbo Wales? Be honest. (5000)

Interpreting your score

Score range	Description
0 - 9	You must have done nothing.
10 - 100	A well-balanced attitude that may benefit by spending more time here.
101 - 150	This is the optimal, most productive range.
151 - 250	You are addicted to Wikipedia.
251 - 450	You're a pro.
451 - 650	You are a candidate for rollback rights.
651 - 750	You are a candidate for admin rights.
751 - 850	You're a candidate for bureaucrat, rollback AND admin rights.
851 - 950	Were you a Nupedian?
951 - 1099	You're a candidate for steward rights.
1100 - 5000	You either played a part in creating Wikipedia or are a ghost. Good job!

Bonus questions

You don't get any points for these questions, since they may be redundant or not provide a good measure of current addiction. However the answers may provide useful information for your health worker:

Have you ever argued with a functionary?
Do you use your own name or some obscure nick (ScrofulousToad, Airigance 99, etc.)?
Have you ever removed outdated questions from this test?
Have you ever neglected to maintain personal hygiene in favor of Wikipedia?
Have you ever broken up with a significant other, because they didn't think the Wiki was "all that"?
Have you ever had an edit conflict -- with yourself?
Do you create your own Wikipedia words? (like "Wikidicted?")
Are you upset that
- ... you wrote an article on wikipedia addiction and someone said it sounded "like the grammar and speech patterns of a wikipedian"?
- ... it got deleted by AfD?
Have you created a page full of red links, and then made a decision to put everything else on hold until you could (a) either fill in all the (red) blanks or (b) until your body could take it no further or (c) your computer couldn't?
- are those other tabs saving edits and/or loading pages, right now?
- all of them are either loading or saving a page?
Have you edited wikipedia pages during intermittent power outages?
- Are you considering the purchase of an uninterruptible power supply solely because you 'lost a good edit' while doing so?

v t e Wikipediholism
Identification	Signs of Wikipediholism Wikipediholism test legacy modern Wikipediholic userbox 1 Wikipediholic userbox 2
Analysis and symptoms	Who, why? Wikipedihol Wikipedia is an MMORPG Editcountitis Articlecountitis Barnstaritis Adminitis Watchlistitis Userboxitis Talk page stalking WikiProphecy
Fighting Wikipediholism	Recovering from Wikipediholism Wikipatch Wikipediholics in denial Clinic for Wikipediholics Confessed Wikipediholics Wikipediholic user warning templates Taking a Wikibreak
Wikipediholics listed by...	Number of edits page 2 Number of recent edits (inactive) Active editing streak Number of manual edits Article count page 2 Featured article nominations Good article nominations Thanks received User page watchers Bot edits

The test

Interpreting your score

Bonus questions

See also