[WikiEN-l] Sysop = Position of Power?

Wed Feb 12 18:26:59 UTC 2003

wiki pedista wrote:
>     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.

That's basically right.  What we want to preserve is the co-operative
spirit, without an atmosphere of powerful people lording over the
weak.

We *are* working on a way for sysops to ban registered users, but this
power should only be used as usual, i.e. for banning "simple vandals".
This change is coming about because we had a vandal last weekend who
kept a lot of good people busy for a long time repairing damage.

--Jimbo