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Barnstaritis or Comrade Brezhnev syndrome[a] is a disease of the brain directly related to use of barnstars. It will eventually result with the sufferer being a target of other users who may themselves be suffering from "tall poppy syndrome". Barnstaritis is closely related to editcountitis in that they share certain characteristics. Recent groundbreaking research has indicated that 70% of sufferers of editcountitis also suffer from barnstaritis.[1] There are two strains of barnstaritis, barnstaritis A and barnstaritis B.
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- ^ Stellaris, Barnard (May 2020). "On the Awarding of Barnstars by Users and Administrators". Wikipediocracy (2): 56–57.
A fairly strong correlation (89%) can be found between the frequency of awarding barnstars by users and the mention of the word "edit count" by extended-confirmed editors. Similarly strong correlation can also be found for administrators, but not for newer editors who have a life.