Wikipedia:Wikiholiday
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A wikiholiday, wikibreak, or wikivacation is a period when even a wikiholic must be parted from the Wikipedia – although hopefully only temporarily.
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Concept
The pain involved varies from Wikipedian to Wikipedian. Some find it easy to endure, whereas others find the separation agonising. Often the latter find themselves grasping at any opportunity to go online "just to check what's happening".
The degree of coercion also varies. Some remarkable individuals are actually capable of taking a voluntary wikiholiday: they are to be admired for their strength of character. Others are forced into it through circumstances beyond their control: it is often at such times that wikiholics discover their condition.
When to depart
(In alphabetical order)
- You are a student and you have exams.
- You feel exhausted by your regional weather.
- You find yourself repeatedly assuming bad faith.
- You have a new girlfriend or boyfriend.
- You have to look for a job.
- You have to move.
- You are sick.
- Your Wikistress is making it hard to work.
- You need time to relax and think, so that when you do return to Wikipedia, you'll be refreshed, hopefully.
- Your time on wikipedia is having a drastic effect on your life outside of wikipedia.
When to be back
(In alphabetical order)
- Your spouse asks you to buy a new car. Just buy it and come straight back.
- Your exams are over. Skip the bad beer and get back to editing!
- Your girlfriend or boyfriend leaves you or goes on vacation...
- You get a new job.
- You're done moving.
- You've done all the "relaxing" you can do.
The wikibreak templates
When taking a wikibreak, it is a good idea to inform your wikifriends that you are not active and indicate when you might be back. You can use the wikibreak template for this purpose. Let's say Jimbo wants to go on wikibreak until Christmas. He would then place this text on the top of his user and/or talk pages:
{{wikibreak|[[User:Jimbo Wales|Jimbo Wales]]| on December 25}}
He would get this: Template:Wikibreak
For a longer break, he could also use Template:Tl, writing
{{Long Wikibreak|[[User:Jimbo Wales|Jimbo Wales]]| next summer, God willing and the creeks don't rise}}
which renders thus: Template:Long Wikibreak
The other wikibreak template
When taking a wikibreak, it is a good idea to inform your wikifriends that you are not active and indicate when you might be back. However, not all wikipedians have the self-discipline to keep away for various reasons, so this template was created for those who feel like taking a wikibreak, but at the same time will return to make small edits every once in a while. Let's say Jimbo wants to go on wikibreak until Christmas. He would then place this text on the top of his user and/or talk pages:
{{Attempting_wikibreak|[[User:Jimbo Wales|Jimbo Wales]]| on December 25|I}}
He would get this: Template:Attempting wikibreak
The busy template
An alternative for those weaning themselves more slowly from Wikipedia is the 'Busy' template, which is designed for those who are being overtaken by real life work. Wikipediholics can use this template to assuage the guilt associated with long breaks from the Wiki. If Jimbo Wales were using this template, he would place the following text at the top of his user page: {{busy|[[User:Jimbo Wales|Jimbo Wales]]}} and he will get this: Template:Busy
The sick/ill template
For those of us who are sick or ill and would thus be partially inactive, Wikipedians can use this template to indicate this.
Template:Tl and the user will see this: Template:User health inactive
See also
ja:Wikipedia:ウィキブレイク pl:Wikipedia:WikiWakacje th:วิกิพีเดีย:วันพักผ่อนจากวิกิ zh:Wikipedia:维基假期