these pages contain material which is ha ha only serious very ha ha but also very serious so pay attention after you're done with the giggles adminitis is a state of mind in which some wikipedians find themselves at times though generally confined to administrators the condition has been observed in some non administrators although the exact causes are unknown there is thought to be some correlation towards extensive and prolonged anti vandalism activity symptoms strongly believes that all users are equal but admins are more equal than others assumes bad faith frequently tlaitis see wp wotta stops editing articles but continuously pontificates about writing the encyclopedia impatience exhibits immediatism hangs out in project namespace has no time for featured articles frequently refreshes pages to catch the latest change that of course needs to be reverted believes that he or she is always right sorry evula believes anyone who uses the word 'vote' for 'express a view in a straw poll' should be banned for life originally hailed as the nicest person on the wiki now reviled as the most hated troll prevents pages from being edited in encyclopedic fashion for policy reasons seems to enjoy biting new users general bofhness strict adherence to wikipedia policy while not using common sense or conversely strict adherence to ignore all rules as a strict rule while not using common sense self denial this page cannot possibly apply to me humor breakdown this page is not funny sudden spike in use of specific admin tools or use of admin tools in areas where he hadn't been using them before requires less and less evidence to be convinced of sock puppetry until confidently asserting that all new users are the same person spends hours writing sarcastic pages about admin behavior believes he is the only real claimant to the defender of the wiki barnstar exhibits signs of mpov thinks people are attacking them when they're only trying to be nice has a habit of removing criticism while pretending it's a personal attack indulges in biting delicious newcomers diagnosis it is a near universal truth that sufferers from this illness will reject any diagnosis of the condition by an outside party with that in mind it's important for those who have received this diagnosis to conduct a self test if more than three of the following apply to you you may be suffering from this illness you frequently feel that pages are broken and must be deleted protection is for wusses everyone is a vandal or a troll and must be blocked is a recurrent thought blocking people is a punishment not a tool to get people to cool down and edit the wiki is a mantra not anti wiki if you nominate this page for mfd even though it's only minutes since the last revision you may possibly be suffering from adminitis corollary if you speedy you are certainly suffering from adminitis if you accuse the creators of this article of making a wp point especially if you forget that making a point does not imply disruption you need to disrupt to make a point not make a point to disrupt p you are probably infected and if you buy the above line of thought you are definitely infected pathophysiology the infectious nature of this illness is unknown at this time more study needs to be conducted in order to identify transmission mechanisms no effective containment mechanisms have been identified so far anti vandal bots have proved immune to this condition although as yet there is no convincing explanation concerning this anomaly observational studies have noted that sufferers will seek the counsel of their wikipedia friends but end up infecting them in the process other studies have noted the evolution of a wikipedia editor as potentially having a causal role in this illness treatment treatment varies from case to case as of no c