On Wed, 2003-02-12 at 12:44, wiki pedista wrote:
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.
Sysops have the power to delete and lock articles, effectively banning other editors if they so wish.
But you're right, it doesn't give them authority over other editors.