Wikipedia:Wiki-Acquired Psychological Syndrome

Wiki-Acquired Psychological Syndrome (W-APS, or in Dutch Wikiafhankelijk psychosyndroom) is a disorder first observed amongst a Dutch group of Wikipedians. The disorder was caused by a question (in Dutch) by a German veterinary student living in Belgium. The question was : Zijn moderatoren bij de foundation voor 'psychische ongevallen' verzekerd ? (Are psychological disorders caused in moderators/admins covered by an insurance of the Wikimedia Foundation). As we believe the disorder is widely spread amongst all projects of the Wikimedia Foundation. To give a better overview, shortly the disorder as observed is hereby described:

Symptoms

Oversensitiveness, tiredness, drop-kicking optical mice, crying, excessive laughing, fights on the internet, aggressiveness.

Caused by

Attempts to moderate articles, protection against vandalism, freedom of speech. As it is more likely a syndrome, patients should be exposed to all three of the factors.

Treatment

Patients should take a wiki-break or wikivacation. Articles like this one can give a partial heal for a period of time. Excessive laughing and writing nonsense can heal you fully. (warning: this can cause the syndrome by other users!) But, if the first signs are not treated right severe damage to your health can be done.

Extreme Documented Cases

In Madagascar, John Stamos (not related to the actor John Stamos) became so enraged that a user replaced the Vanderbilt University page with UTenn Rulez that he punched through his computer. Since then, he has divorced his wife, become estranged from his family and is known to say "revert" when anyone makes a statement he deems incorrect.

In Thailand, Angelina Jolie (not related to the actress Angelina Jolie) screamed for 18 months, went into a coma for six years and then screamed for another six months from WAPS. It is believed that she had been struggling with user PresMonkeyMan343 as he kept replacing the wikipedia page for former United States President George W. Bush with George W. Bush is a monkey man.

After several users with IP addresses from North Dakota kept changing the title of South Dakota to Sucks Dakota, Iceland resident Thomas Brady (not related to quarterback Tom Brady) grabbed his desktop and disappeared. He left a note claiming he was on a quest to dispose his computer in Mount Doom. It is believed that he headed off in the direction of the Eyjafjallajokull volcano with his computer. He has not be heard of since.

There are may rumors about Brady's whereabouts: some say he died from the eruption at Mt. Eyjafjallajokull while others claim he tried to start a NAMBLA chapter in Iceland.

His wife Syayfguayuugauifeapfudiaeia is quoted as saying, "Sucks Dakota still haunts my dreams. If my husband's ever found, I hope he has enough money left to rent an apartment. No way he's coming here... unless he's willing to live in a house without a computer."

After several epic wiki-edit battles between BoNoesGrammer9283 and ApostropheBoy112442112, Boe Jackson (unrelated to baseball/football star Bo Jackson) wrote a computer program to buy a plane ticket to every city in the world in hopes of finding ApostropheBoy112442112 and "settling it like men." Jackson's flight plans to Tehran, Columbus, Ohio and Pyongyang alerted authorities at the CIA who were annoyed that their time was wasted.