[Wikipedia-l] Re: sysop vs. admin

Thu Oct 28 09:35:29 UTC 2004

On Thu, 28 Oct 2004, NSK wrote:

>On Thursday 28 October 2004 04:10, Andrew Lih wrote:
>> The two terms (sysop and admin) are used interchangeably in the
>
>Thanks. Do you think people will get confused in my community if I decide to
>use the two terms for different access levels? Or should I use them
>interchangeably like you?

I found that "admin" is easier to understand, since it's related to
similar non-wikipedia terms. Ironically "sysop" is a more accurate
description of the job, which is often limited to maintenance: the term
"administrator" suggets some power over the other users, while in reality
a sysop is just providing services to the others, and accepting
responsability for what he/she does.

Alfio