"editcountitis" meaning in All languages combined

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  "etymology_text": "From edit count + -itis.",
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          "ref": "2006, Jane Klobas, Wikis: Tools for Information Work and Collaboration, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Chandos Publishing, page 199",
          "text": "A system that encourages number of contributions over quality can be counterproductive. Wikipedia cautions against 'editcountitis', humorously described as 'a belief that a Wikipedian's overall contribution level can be measured solely by their edit count'.",
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          "ref": "2008, Phoebe Ayers, Charles Matthews, Ben Yates, How Wikipedia Works, San Francisco, C.A.: No Starch Press, pages 324–325",
          "text": "The author of the original tool for counting edits noted that editcountitis, or an unhealthy obsession with the notion of edit count, can be fatal. Editcountitis is often a symptom of Wikipediholism, which is an even worse disease. The only sure treatment is worrying more about the quality of your edits than the quantity.",
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          "ref": "2010, Joseph M. Reagle Jr., Good Faith Collaboration: The Culture of Wikipedia, Cambridge, M.A., London: MIT Press, page 157",
          "text": "Wikipedians can be a similarly compulsive and eccentric lot. So much so that some refer to themselves as Wikipediholics with a case of editcountitis, \"a serious disease consisting of an unhealthy obsession with the number of edits you have made to Wikipedia.\"",
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          "ref": "2017 March 6, Dariusz Jemielniak, “The Wikipedia Battle Over Really Short Articles”, in Slate, archived from the original on 2023-05-29",
          "text": "In fact, the very ease of this process may be the reason for deletionism's prevalence: Many Wikipedians suffer from editcountitis, the state of being overly obsessed with the number of edits one makes.",
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        "Obsession with increasing one's edit count on a wiki."
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        "(Wikimedia jargon) Obsession with increasing one's edit count on a wiki."
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        {
          "word": "wiki crack"
        },
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          "word": "Wikiholic"
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        "(Wikimedia jargon) Obsession with increasing one's edit count on a wiki."
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