Before I too jump on the application bandwagon ;) --
what can
sysops do that mortals can't?
Just a few "dangerous" functions that we don't want to give to
the general public: permanently deleting articles and history from
the database; querying the database in SQL; moving articles to
a new name with history (we'll probably make that one more
available after a bit more testing and debugging); blocking the
IP address of vandals.