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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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@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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