[WikiEN-l] Sysop = Position of Power?

Wed Feb 12 18:03:48 UTC 2003

On Wed, 2003-02-12 at 12:44, wiki pedista wrote:
> 
> Hello All,
>     I came across in some posts with the idea that
> giving Zoe sysop status gave her more "power" or
> "authority" to deal with Lir. Forgive me if I missed
> something, but last time I checked the sysop was an
> administrative status, and we do not have power to
> ban registered users, and the protecting of pages
> is very highly discouraged, so, I do not see where
> that "power" could come from; unless now the 
> title "Sysop" now has some hidden significance. And
> I remember also that trying to use "Sysop" as a title
> was discouraged a while ago (Isn't that right, 
> Uncle Ed?).
> 
> The only way that someone could be granted the power
> to deal with Lir and others would be investing them
> with a "Jimbo Walesship", and I haven't seen that
> happen.
> 
Sysops have the power to delete and lock articles, effectively banning
other editors if they so wish.

But you're right, it doesn't give them authority over other editors.