User:Iggy the Swan/Wikipediholism test
I have found this type of test through John's talk page, it looks like fun to me, it is also getting close to 8 September 2018, my first anniversary as having an username on Wikipedia. Let's begin.
The test[edit]
| Question | Points available | My answer | Points gained? (marked as done or not done) |
|---|---|---|---|
| #Do you typically use Wikipedia at least once a week? | (1) | Yes I do use it at least one a week |  Done
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| #...At least once a day? | (2) | Yes as followup | Done
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| #...More than an hour a day? | (4) | Yes, usually at afternoons, some mornings | Done
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| #Is more than 60% of your time online spent at Wikipedia? | (10) | No, if it's asking for waking up time then generally not |  Not done
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| #...75%? | (50) | Per previous question | Not done
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| #...Exactly 100%? | (100) | Per previous question | Not done
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| #Did you stop using your printed encyclopedia and start using this one instead? | (2) | I didn't have one so certainly not | Not done
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| #...Did you throw away your printed encyclopedia? | (2) | Obviously not | Not done
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| #Do you start new articles? | (2) | Yes, when players pass WP:FOOTBALL, first in October 2017 | Done
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| #Do you read Wikipedia over a public wireless Internet connection? | (2) | No, always at my house | Not done
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| #...Do you edit Wikipedia articles while over such a connection? | (4) | No | Not done
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| #...Is that connection in a restaurant? | (6) | No | Not done
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| #...Do you edit Wikipedia while waiting for your meal? | (8) | In my house only | Done
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| #...During your meal? | (20) | err, no | Not done
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| #...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.) | Ha, no | Not done
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| #...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) | No, not claiming any for that | Not done
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| #...Did you pick that restaurant because of the free WiFi? | (5 more) | Didn't pick any | Not done
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| #Are you on an aircraft with wireless access to the Internet during flight? | (25) | No because I don't think that will do good to a plane | Not done
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| #...Because you can edit Wikipedia on it? | (35) | No, haven't done that | Not done
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| #...Are you eating your meal on said flight while taking this test or writing an article? | (50) | No | Not done
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| #...Did you choose this flight over another because of the access to Wikipedia (an additional point for every $10 more you paid for this flight than the one you would have taken)? | (100) | No, nil points, no money spent | Not done
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| #Do you talk in Wikipedia markup code? | (2) | No because many people will probably not get what I say | Not done
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| #...Every day? | (30) | No days at all | Not done
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| #Do you request that articles be created, improved, expanded, deleted, etc.? | (1) | None of the said things | Not done
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| #Do you fulfill such requests? | (2) | No | Not done
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| #Have you requested a new software feature, or reported a bug, in the last few weeks? | (2) | No | Not done
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| #Do you make redirect pages? | (1) | Yes but only when a full name redirects to the article | Done
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| #Do you think you're using a significant portion of Wikipedia's bandwidth? | (5) | I'm not sure on that so perhaps not | Not done
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| #Do you click on "Random Page" at least once a day (or just because you're bored)? | (2) | Ha, no - the watchlist keeps tabs on that | Not done
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| #When you click "Random Page" do you, more often than not, find an article you have edited? | (3) | I'll try this in the future but the chances of that is slim | Not done
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| #...Written? | (10) | No | Not done
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| #Have you ever gotten the same random page twice in a row? | (3) | No | Not done
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| #...Three times in a row? | (10) | Less chance but still no | Not done
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| #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 6,826,0493(around one in 182 quintillion)? | (100; that really is a ripoff) | Cannot get a century of points for that | Not done
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| #Do you check new pages every week? | (1.5) | No because I haven't seen that yet | Not done
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| #...Every day? | (3) | No | Not done
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| #Do you check Recent Changes almost every day? | (2) | Yes because I set the filters to watchlist pages only | Done
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| #...More than ten times a day? | (5) | Well generally no but sometimes on busy days it does tend to have more than 500 edits in a day (excluding bots and my own) | Not done
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| #Do you have Recent Changes bookmarked? | (1) | Yes | Done
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| #...Set as your start page? | (12) | No, scraped a dozen there | Not done
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| #Do you check your watchlist almost every day? | (1) | Yes as part of recent changes settings | Done
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| #...Every day? | (2) | Almost every day, I will take 1.95 points for that because sometimes holidays get in the script | Done
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| #...More than ten times a day? | (4) | No, that's too often in my books | Not done
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| #Do you have your watchlist set as your start page? | (8) | Fraid not but I do have it as a pinned tab | Not done
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| #Do you have more than 50 items in your watchlist? | (1) | Yes, I'll stop on the one I've got | Done
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| #...More than 100? | (2) | Keep going | Done
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| #...More than 1000? | (4) | Have more than 2000 | Done
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| #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) | No, I cannot understand any others like Filipino, Spanish etc. | Not done
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| #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. (points for each promotion)? | (2 for each promotion) | No, nothing gained | Not done
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| #...Every day? | (5) | No | Not done
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| #Did you buy a Wikipedia T-shirt? | (5) | No | Not done
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| #...Specifically to get the 5 points? | (10) | N/A | N/A |
| #...Prior to the existence of shop.wikipedia.org (only physical shirts count)? | (20) | N/A | N/A |
| #Do you find yourself writing regular text using Wikipedia link and layout conventions? | (3) | Nope | Not done
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| #Is something you have thought was important—such as social life, career, or studies—suffering because you spend so much time on wikipedia? | (10) | No because I don't find those a problem at the moment | Not done
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| #Do you sneak mobile devices into class because you want to read or edit Wikipedia? | (40) | No because I didn't have one at school | Not done
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| #...Did the teacher catch you using your mobile device and punish you? | (20) | N/A | N/A |
| #...Or did the teacher commend you for reading/editing Wikipedia? | (100) | N/A | N/A |
| #......Because the teacher is a Wikipedian? | (55) | N/A | N/A |
| #Have you spent time editing Wikipedia instead of working on an important assignment (add half the percentage points missed on assignment to score)? | (3) | No | Not done
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| #...In class? | (5) | N/A | N/A |
| #Have you ever failed a class because of Wikipedia? (We will pass you!) | (100) | No, another century of points scrapped | Not done
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| #Are you not getting enough sleep because of time on Wikipedia? | (9) | Well, I have found my time boundaries of going to sleep now | Done
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| #Are you sleeping during the day (as of 8 a.m.) because you edited Wikipedia overnight (add overslept time in hours)? | (5) | No hours overnight anymore, used to be one | Done
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| #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) | I check what I write | Done
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| #Do you judge people you know offline partly on the basis of their Wikipedia contributions? | (6) | No, I haven't met anyone probably because I'm the only user in my city to contribute | Not done
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| #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) | No | Not done
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| #Do you subscribe to a Wikimedia mailing list (e.g., WikiEN-l, Wikimedia-l)? | (2) | No | Not done
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| #...Do you actually read that mailing list? | (20) | N/A | N/A |
| #...Do you find yourself refreshing the mailing list, hoping that something new has arrived? | (5) | N/A | N/A |
| #Have you ever had a notification on a social media website and assumed it was that one of your Wikipedia edits was reverted? | (4) | No | Not done
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| #Do you think Wikipedia will be better than every other encyclopedia soon? | (3) | This is the better Wikipedia than others at this time | Not done
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| #...Or do you think it already is? | (2) | Yes | Done
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| #Do you argue that contributions to Wikipedia are "productive" or "useful"—unlike "wasting time" playing games or watching football? | (5) | Some are useful so yes | Done
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| #Did you donate money to Wikipedia? | (3) | Never | Not done
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| #Do you wake up in the night in a cold sweat wondering whether your latest submission was truly written from the NPOV? | (6) | No, I know the neutrals from the not | Not done
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| #Have you ever met up with another Wikipedian offline? | (2) | No | Not done
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| #Have you ever had sex with another Wikipedian? Sock puppet accounts don't count. | (10) | No | Not done
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| #Have you bought a second monitor so you could edit Wikipedia more efficiently? | (25) | No new monitors | Not done
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| #Have you ever looked for the [edit] link on an ordinary Web page? | (3) | Not from a webpage | Not done
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| #Have you ever instinctively searched for the [edit] link to correct an unfortunate wording while reading a newspaper or book? | (4) | No | Not done
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| #Have you ever edited an article on Wikipedia while paying long distance charges to connect to the Internet? | (5) | Never done that | Not done
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| #Do you make edits while drunk or under the influence of other intoxicating substances and find that nobody reverts your changes? | (1) | I never make myself drunk | Not done
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| #Have you ever edited Wikipedia while taking a bath because you found it made the experience even more relaxing? | (5) | What? No. | Not done
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| #Have you ever publicly declared that you've quit Wikipedia but found yourself lingering about anyway? | (7) | No | Not done
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| #Have you ever requested to be a sysop? | (2) | No | Not done
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| #Are you a sysop? | (2) | No | Not done
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| #Do you actually have sysop powers on more than one Wikipedia? | (2) | No | Not done
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| #Have you ever requested to be a bureaucrat? | (3) | No | Not done
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| #Are you a bureaucrat? | (3) | No | Not done
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| #Are you a steward? | (5 points) | No | Not done
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| #Did you translate the Wikipedia software? | (3) | No | Not done
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| #...Did you program part of it? | (20) | No | Not done
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| #Do you edit articles in your sleep? | (17) | No because I make sure to log out before sleeping | Not done
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| #...Do you curse out loud upon waking and realizing that you have to make all those edits over again? | (2) | No | Not done
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| #...Or are the edits actually still there...? | (200 points, plus the Randi prize) | No | Not done
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| #Do you edit Wikipedia on a laptop? | (1) | Yes | Done
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| #...Did your laptop's fan go on by itself while you were on Wikipedia? | (2) | No | Not done
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| #...Did your laptop melt (or show serious signs of melting) while you were editing Wikipedia? | (100 points and a new computer) | Thankfully not, 100 points not gained there | Not done
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| #Do you edit Wikipedia with a mobile phone or tablet? | (2) | No | Not done
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| #...Because you can't wait until you get access to a PC to add some obscure fact to Wikipedia? | (4) | No | Not done
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| #Have you edited before 6:30 a.m.? | (6) | No, not on a new day | Not done
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| #...Until 4 a.m.? | (2) | No | Not done
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| #...Until 6 a.m.? | (4) | No | Not done
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| #...Until 8 a.m. or later? | (7) | Always far later than that | Not done
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| #After reading the last question, did you give yourself 13 points because it is always 4, 6, or 8 a.m. somewhere? | (13 points for cleverness) | No | Not done
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| #Do you edit Wikipedia at night (i.e., after midnight) consuming drinks to keep you up? | (2) | No | Not done
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| #Do you hold Wikipedia Nights, that is, nights when you intentionally go to bed late, after spending n hours editing Wikipedia? | (5) | No | Not done
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| #...Do you get people to join you in such an event? | (10) | No | Not done
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| #When you see abbreviations such as TW, GA and FA in real life, do you interpret them with their Wikipedia meanings? | (8) | No | Not done
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| #Do you have an urge to edit this nonexistent article? | (1) | No urge | Not done
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| #Did you immediately try to create the above nonexistent article? | (10) | No | Not done
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| #From how many devices did you visit Wikipedia in the past 30 days? | (1 per device) | Just the one | 1 point |
| #Do you use terms like "dab", "lk", "sp", "revert", "blanking", "content", "NPOV", or other terms in their Wikipedia sense in unrelated contexts? | (2) | No | Not done
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| #Have you ever thought about the social impact of Wikipedia? | (15) | No social impact | Not done
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| #Has your Wikipedia contribution style/philosophy (e.g., WikiGnome, deletionism, inclusionism,...) shaped your real life personality and philosophy? | (15) | No | Not done
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| #Have you ever browsed Wikipedia while communicating with your significant other? | (5) | Don't have one of those | Not done
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| #Have you told your significant other something on Wikipedia while communicating with them? | (10) | N/A | N/A |
| #...Was he or she impressed? | (5) | N/A | N/A |
| #...Or bored? | (-5) | N/A | N/A |
| #...Or did he or she tell you to shut up? | (-20) | N/A | N/A |
| #Do you have NPOV issues with the negative score attributed to the previous questions? | (5) | N/A | N/A |
| #Are you surprised when you click on a normal link and it doesn't take you to a Wikipedia article? | (1) | Yes but I have enabled a feature which I know before hand that it takes me to a dab page | Done
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| #Have you ever gone and done something new on this list, deliberately to raise your score? | (1) | No | Not done
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| #Have you broken some sort of rule just to visit Wikiepdia? | (6) | No | Not done
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| #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) | No | Not done
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| #...Have you edited it? | (5) | No | Not done
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| #Do you use the shortcut keys when using Wikipedia? | (2) | No because I haven't heard of them | Not done
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| #...Do you hit Alt+X (or its equivalent on your keyboard) more than any other shortcut key? | (3) | No, I will try it out when I'm logged out in case it's dangerous | Not done
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| #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) | No | Not done
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| #...Did it work? | (40) | N/A | N/A |
| #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) | No | Not done
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| #Have you ever signed any email with ~~~~ (point for every email you have)? | (1) | Nothing | Not done
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| #Have you ever been reading a book and found information which you immediately added to a Wikipedia article? | (3) | No | Not done
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| #Did you immediately think of ways to improve this test, or adjust the scores so that they neatly add up to 100? | (3.14) | No, won't score a Pi on that | Not done
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| #Did you think about adding inline cleanup templates to this test? | (4) | No | Not done
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| #Did you create an automated version of this test so you wouldn't have to add up your score? | (100) | No | Not done
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| #Have you ever taken this quiz more than once simply to correspond with the most recent version? | (12) | This is my first attempt | Not done
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| #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) | No | Not done
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| #...And have you paid full price or even bought it costlier from a second-hand retailer for it? | (7.5) | No | Not done
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| #Have you joined a Wikipedia(ns) community on a non-Wikipedia website? | (30) | No | Not done
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| #Have you ever argued with anyone over Wikipedia's accuracy? | (5) | No | Not done
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| #...Did you win? | (10) | N/A | N/A |
| #...Did you win, but you were the one saying it was not accurate? | (-15) | N/A | N/A |
| #Do you find yourself caught up in Wikipedia discussions a lot? | (14) | No | Not done
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| #...More than discussions on other topics? | (36) | No | Not done
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| #Have you made more than 100 edits in a month? | (12) | Yes | Done
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| #...1,000? | (24) | Yes | Done
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| #...5,000? | (48) | No | Not done
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| #...10,000? | (96) | N/A | N/A |
| #...More than 20,000? | (96) | N/A (That's more for the Huggle users) | N/A |
| #Have you made more than 500 total edits? | (1) | Yes | Done
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| #...1,000? | (2) | Yes | Done
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| #...5,000? | (4) | Yes | Done
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| #...10,000? | (8) | Yes | Done
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| #...50,000? | (16) | No, will take me a couple of years to get there | Not done
Total points scored = 110.95, in the range of the optimal. |
