[Wikipedia-l] Sysop status

[lcrocker at nupedia.com]

> 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.