[Wikipedia-l] Re: Sysop nomination

Kurt Jansson jansson at gmx.net
Sat Jun 14 22:28:22 UTC 2003


Erik Moeller schrieb:
> Karl-
> 
>>Perhaps it's just the title
>>("sysop") I don't like.  I would agree with something called "advanced
>>editor" or "senior editor", though.
> 
> That would be highly misleading. Sysops are *not* editors, they are not  
> responsible for moderating content, they merely deal with vandalism and  
> carry out the requests of the users (e.g. votes for deletion).

I already proposed "caretaker" or "plumber" on the German list, but 
nobody responded. Maybe someone else can come up with a nice name which 
is associated with physical work (that is a burden and not joyful).


Kurt




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