[WikiEN-l] Sysop = Position of Power?

[Fred Bauder]

As a practical matter some folks abuse their position and authority
regardless of policy and Jimbo's good intentions.

Fred

> From: wiki pedista <wikipedista at yahoo.com>
> Reply-To: wikien-l at wikipedia.org
> Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2003 09:44:32 -0800 (PST)
> To: wikien-l at 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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