User:Pythoncoder/test/2001

The test after Larry Sanger's edit in 2001, back when we ran on UseModWiki and people other than Willy on Wheels called it "THE Wikipedia".

If you're not sure whether you are wikipediholic, you should do this test.

The point value of each question is listed in brackets at the end of the question. The higher the result, the more likely it is that you are a wikipediholic.

New questions and modifications are of course welcomed.

• Have you ever edited an article ? (1)

• Have you ever started a new article ? (1)

• Have you ever engaged in a discussion on Wikipedia ? (2)

• Have you ever complained that an article was not from the NPOV ? (3)

• Have you ever requested an article ? (1)

• Have you ever requested an image of chemical compound ? (2)

• Have you ever requested a TeX image of math formula ? (2)

• Have you ever fulfilled an article request ? (2)

• Have you ever requested a new feature ? (2)

• Have you ever made a redirect ? (1)

• Have you ever had a row with Larry Sanger ? (6)

• Are you Larry Sanger ? (50)

• Do you check Recent Changes almost every day ? (1)

• Do you check Recent Changes more than ten times a day ? (3)

• Do you think you're using significant portion of Wikipedia bandwidth (5) ?

• Do you have Recent Changes bookmarked ? (1)

• Do you have Recent Changes set as your start page ? (3)

• Do you have a user acount on Wikipedia ? (2)

• Do you have your own Wikipedian page on Wikipedia ? (2)

• Have you ever advertised Wikipedia to your friends ? (2)

• Have you ever advertised Wikipedia on Usenet ? (2)

• Have you ever advertised Wikipedia on IRC ? (2)

• If you have a home page, do you have a link to Wikipedia on it ? (1)

• Do you have a link to Wikipedia in your mail or Usenet signature ? (2)

• Is your social life or career suffering because you spend so much time on Wikipedia ? (4)

• Do you fail to finish coursework on time because you're too busy using Wikipedia ? (4)

• Do you judge people you know in "real life" partly on the basis of their Wikipedia contributions ? (4)

• Do you think quality of contributions to Wikipedia is an important criterion in choosing a partner for a close relationship ? (20)

• Are you impressed by Wikipedia's growth ? (2)

• Do you subscribe to Wikipedia-L? (2)

• Do you actually read Wikipedia-L? (2)

• Do you think it will be better than every other Encyclopedia soon ? (3)

• Do you argue that contributions to Wikipedia are "productive" or "useful", unlike "wasting time" playing games or watching football ? (1)

• Do you wake up in the night in a cold sweat wondering whether your latest submission was truly a NPOV? (6)

• If you use a modem, is your phone bill larger than before you discovered Wikipedia? (2)

• Did you immediately think of ways to improve this test, or adjust the scores so that they neatly add up to 100 ? (3)

• Have you edited this test to get a better score ? (5)

• Do you think your score is too high and maybe you'll do something about it after "a few more edits" ? (3)

• Have you ever looked for the edit link on an ordinary Web page? (4)

Interpreting your score

0 - 20	You seem to have a well-balanced attitude but may benefit by spending more time editing articles.
20 - 50	Be afraid.
50 - 90	Other people should be afraid.
90 - 100	Scores in this range are usually fatal.

/Are you wikipediholic test Talk