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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 still are forced into it through circumstances beyond their control: it is often at such times that [[Wikipedia:Wikipediholic|wikiholics]] discover their condition.
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 still are forced into it through circumstances beyond their control: it is often at such times that [[Wikipedia:Wikipediholic|wikiholics]] discover their condition.
{|class=wikitable
! Reasons to take a WikiBreak !! Source of reason !! Occasions to come back
|-
| You are going on a ''journey'''. || Your life || You came back from travelling.
|-
| You are a student and you have '''exams''' or other pressing school work. || Your life || Your '''exams''' are over// holidays
|-
| You '''marry'''. || Your life || Honeymoon is over
|-
| You (get) '''divorce'''d. || Your life || You decide that your '''divorce''' has left you more time to be a Wiki Person
|-
| You are neglecting your '''work and job'''. || Your mind ||
|-
| You get addicted to a '''new video game''' that you have to obsess over for the next few days. || Your life || You defeated the 'Boss' several times.
|-
| You find yourself repeatedly '''[[Wikipedia:Assume bad faith|assuming bad faith]]'''. || Your mind || You learned what J. Krishnamurti meant saying: „To keep observation separate from evaluation is the highest form of human intelligence.“
|-
| You are '''stressed''' to the point that it affects your editing. || Your mind || You've done all the '''relaxing''' you can do and besides, all that talk about '''relaxation and thinking clearer''' is baloney anyway.
|-
| You have a new '''girlfriend''' or '''boyfriend'''. || Your life || You find out your new '''girlfriend''' or '''boyfriend''' is a Wiki Person, too.
|-
| Your old '''girlfriend''' or '''boyfriend''' wants you to spend more time with them. || Your life || Especially when you find that now you've been spending a lot of time discussing, fighting over and making up with said '''friend'''.
|-
| You have to look for a '''job'''. || Your life || What You where looking for was money actually. After You 'found' it, they found You. After you've been arrested and suddenly find yourself with nothing else to do while serving time in jail.
|-
| You find yourself making '''minor edits''', in order to use the recent changes page as a discussion. || Your mind || You found somebody in RealLife who really cares for You.
|-
| You have to '''move''' to a new home. || Your life || You have finished '''moving'''.
|-
| You have neglected to pay your '''Internet bill''' and have been '''banned from accessing the internet'''. || Your mind || You decide to give up smoking so that you can pay your '''Internet bill'''.
|-
| You are '''injured''' or '''sick'''. || Your life || You've recovered from your '''sickness'''.
|-
| Your '''[[Wikipedia:Wikistress|Wikistress]]''' is making it hard to work. || Your mind || You've let go of all your '''[[wp:Wikistress|Wikistress]]'''.
|-
| You need time to '''relax and think''', so that when you ''do'' return to your wiki, you'll hopefully be refreshed. || Your mind || You finished the last self-improvement book and are eager to try it out in your not so real life first.
|-
| Your time on your wiki is having a drastic effect on your '''[[Wikipedia:Real life (reality)|life outside of your wiki]].''' || Your mind || You've decided to take a break from your '''WikiBreak'''.
|-
| Your '''computer''' has broken down. || Your life || Since your '''computer''' is broken, you find yourself at the library or other publicly accessible computer every day, editing your wiki. Or you get a new one.
|-
| There is an '''emergency in your area'''. || Your life || You survived and Your computer too :-)
|-
| It takes you several hours to '''make and perfect''' a single edit, because you're worried your edit will be corrected by someone else. || Your mind ||
|-
| You find yourself checking your watch-list '''compulsively''' throughout the day to defend your edits against vandals and other ne'er-do-wells. || Your mind ||
|-
| You're '''giving up''' editing your wiki for [[Wikipedia:Lent]], [[Wikipedia:Hajj]] or a similar religious observance. || Your life || Your religious observances have been inspiring.
|-
| You have been '''grounded''' by your parents, business partner or significant other from using the computer. || Your mind || You found a way around that.
|-
| You have got a '''baby'''. || Your life || Your ''baby'' grew up
|-
| You are '''[[Wikipedia:wikiaddict|addicted]]'''. || Your mind || You are '''cured''' from being a '''[[Wikipedia:wikiaddict]]'''. (It may never happen. Most likely, you will never recover.)
|-
| You become '''[[Wikipedia:disillusioned|disillusioned]]''' with the project or haven't received any satisfaction out of editing Wikipedia but don't wish to depart forever. || Your mind ||
|-
| You find yourself suffering from [[WP:Adminitis|Adminitis]]. || Your mind || You feel like it.
|-
| Your relatives invaded/occupied 'visited' your house. || Your mind || Your relatives '''('''<small>thankfully</small>''')''' left your house.


== When to depart ==
|}
*You are going to go '''traveling'''.
*You are a student and you have '''exams''' or other pressing schoolwork.
*You '''marry''' or '''divorce'''.
*You feel exhausted by your regional '''weather'''.
*You are neglecting your '''work and job'''.
*You get addicted to a '''new video game''' that you have to obsess over for the next few days.
*You find yourself repeatedly '''[[Wikipedia:Assume bad faith|assuming bad faith]]'''.
*You are '''stressed''' to the point that it affects your editing.
*You have a new '''girlfriend''' or '''boyfriend'''.
*Your '''girlfriend''' or '''boyfriend''' wants you to spend more time with them.
*You '''break up''' with your boyfriend or girlfriend.
*You have to look for a '''job'''.
*You have a '''job''' and do not want to '''lose it'''.
*You find yourself making '''minor edits''', in order to use the recent changes page as a discussion.
*You have to '''move''' to a new home.
*You have neglected to pay your '''Internet bill''' and have been '''banned from accessing the internet'''.
*You are '''injured''' or '''sick'''.
*You're '''deceased'''.
*Your '''[[Wikipedia:Wikistress|Wikistress]]''' is making it hard to work.
*You need time to '''relax and think''', so that when you ''do'' return to your wiki, you'll hopefully be refreshed.
*Your time on your wiki is having a drastic effect on your '''[[Wikipedia:Real life (reality)|life outside of your wiki]].'''
*Your '''computer''' has broken down.
*There is an '''emergency in your area'''.
*It takes you several hours to '''make and perfect''' a single edit, because you're worried your edit will be corrected by someone else.
*You find yourself checking your watchlist '''compulsively''' throughout the day to defend your edits against vandals and other ne'er-do-wells.
*You're '''giving up''' editing your wiki for [[Wikipedia:Lent]], [[Wikipedia:Hajj]] or a similar religious observance.
*You have been '''grounded''' by your parents, business partner or significant other from using the computer.
*You have got a '''baby'''.
*You are '''[[Wikipedia:wikiaddict|addicted]]'''.
*You become '''[[Wikipedia:disillusioned|disillusioned]]''' with the project.
*You find yourself suffering from [[WP:Adminitis|Adminitis]].
*You haven't received any satisfaction out of editing Wikipedia but don't wish to depart forever.
 
== When to come back ==
*You came back from travelling.
*Your relatives '''('''<small>thankfully</small>''')''' left your house.
*Your spouse asks you to buy a new '''car'''. Just buy it and '''come straight back'''.
*Your '''exams''' are over.
*You decide that your '''divorce''' has left you more time to be a Wiki Person.
*You find out your new '''girlfriend''' or '''boyfriend''' is a Wiki Person, too.
*Especially when you find that now you've been spending a lot of time editing, discussing, fighting over and making up with said '''friend'''.
*You have finished '''moving'''.
*You decide to give up smoking so that you can pay your '''Internet bill'''.
*You've recovered from your '''sickness'''.
*You've let go of all your '''[[wp:Wikistress|Wikistress]]'''.
*You've done all the '''relaxing''' you can do and besides, all that talk about '''relaxation and thinking clearer''' is baloney anyway.
*Since your '''computer''' is broken, you find yourself at the library or other publicly accessible computer every day, editing your wiki.
*Or you get a new one.
*You are '''cured''' from being a '''[[Wikipedia:wikiaddict]]'''. (It may never happen. Most likely, you will never recover.)
*You've decided to take a break from your '''WikiBreak'''.
*After you've been arrested and suddenly find yourself with nothing else to do while serving time in jail.
*You feel like it.


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