As a practical matter some folks abuse their position and authority regardless of policy and Jimbo's good intentions.
Fred
From: wiki pedista wikipedista@yahoo.com Reply-To: wikien-l@wikipedia.org Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2003 09:44:32 -0800 (PST) To: wikien-l@wikipedia.org Subject: [WikiEN-l] Sysop = Position of Power?
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.
AstroNomer
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