[Wikipedia-l] Re: sysop vs. admin

Thu Oct 28 14:28:44 UTC 2004

NSK wrote:

>On Thursday 28 October 2004 04:10, Andrew Lih wrote:
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>>The two terms (sysop and admin) are used interchangeably in the
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>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?
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In a new system it's much easier to set ground rules like that from the 
beginning.  Most users of the net understand that each system has it's 
own definitions and jargon.  They adjust.  The sort of terminology that 
is bound to get you into trouble would be anything counter-intuitive 
where it conflicts with a usage that they commonly find in their normal 
life.

Ec