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.