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The purpose of Wikipediholism user warning templates is to guide Wikipediholics. Issuing more than one warning level simultaneously serves no purpose, since they did not get the first warning before you escalated to the next resort. If the user stopped editing some time ago, and their edit histories don't suggest a pattern of chronic Wikiholism, there's no need to warn them at all. Likewise, if a user is in the midst of an obviously self-harmful editing spree, there's no need to warn them before temporarily dubbing them a social outcast.
These templates are placed on talk pages to warn a user against Wikiholism, convey a standardised message, or to place a standard boilerplate note at the top of a page. You are responsible for ensuring that the template's text is appropriate to the violation: if the template's tone isn't appropriate, don't use the template. They are not a formal system that you have to use: they are a shortcut to typing, nothing more. If you cannot find a template that says what you want to say then go ahead and say it normally.
- Administrator note: While blocking for Wikipediholism is not usually advised, if a particularly serious case is found, please block the user with a fake reason like "needs more exercise."