On 6/1/02 6:52 PM, "lcrocker(a)nupedia.com" <lcrocker(a)nupedia.com> wrote:
We need some status for a generally well-known member of the
group who we trust to make content choices like editing
protected pages, temporarily banning vandals, deleting pages,
and so on. We also need a status for more dangerous things like
database queries and other maintenance tasks. The current
software calls these "sysop" and "developer", but I think
"editor" and
"sysop" makes more sense. Developers will probably have logins to the
server and direct database access, so they don't need any rights the
software knows about--they exist outside the software.
"Editor" is a bad name, because everyone is an editor, and should be
considered as such. I've already expressed my views on the need for sysops
etc.