On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 6:00 PM, Chris Down neuro.wikipedia@googlemail.com wrote:
As far as I am aware, the term 'sysop' is only used on more behind the scenes places - places where the average Wikipedia editor or reader is not likely to go. Sysop is, at least in my opinion, the more technically adept term, but I suppose the traditional meaning of it does not describe the job of a Wikipedia administrator correctly.
I think a wide consensus needs to be gathered before such a change is made, even if it is perhaps considered relatively minor.
Note that individual wikis could change back if they liked it. We're talking about the software defaults here, not enwiki or any other single wiki.