I'm not sure if this is presumptous for me to say,
being a sysop for only a couple months, but I think
sysops are really just trusted users. We're trusted
not to ruin protected pages, not to overuse SQL
queries, not to delete good pages, and not to
unneserily move pages. We're also trusted with the
right to ban simple vandals by IP adresses, but I
don't believe that that's a good idea. I've never seen
a repeat anonymous vandal, and I don't even know how
to ban them.
--- james duffy <jtdirl(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
I am more than a little surprised to find that I
have nominated to be a
sysop. It wasn't something that I ever sought. But I
honoured to have been
nominated.
I know that I can be a little sharp sometimes :-),
not to mention ironic.
But I am also aware of the responsibilities that
come with being a sysop. To
the observation that I might abuse the
responsibilities, that would not
arise. I can be rigid in some ways in urging people
to be factual and
accurate (hence my involvement in some rows where I
felt highest standards
of accuracy, inpartiality and correctness were not
being followed) but that
also means that I would have a very strict adherence
to the rules and
responsibilities of being a sysop, and an absolute
determination NOT in any
way to personally abuse the responsibilities (for
they are responsibilities,
not power). Indeed to be honest, I have not seen any
sysop abuse their
powers as sysops in the time I have been on wiki.
Becoming a sysop would be
an honour and responsibility I would take very
seriously.
If I can serve wiki by being a sysop, I will be
happy and honoured to do so.
JT
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