sysop
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According to a 2021 RfA inquiry hosted on Wikipedia, “Because RfA carries with it lifetime tenure, granting any given editor sysop feels incredibly important. This creates a risk-adverse and high-stakes atmosphere.”
From Slate • Jun. 16, 2022
"Everyone has multiple roles. I'm the doctor, the biologist, and the EVA specialist. Commander Lewis is our geologist. Johanssen is the sysop and reactor tech. And so on."
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
Less common in the U.S., where sysop seems to be preferred.
From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Steele, Guy L.
The first police sting-boards were established in 1985: "Underground Tunnel" in Austin, Texas, whose sysop Sgt.
From The Hacker Crackdown, law and disorder on the electronic frontier by Sterling, Bruce
"Pirate-80," or "P-80," run by a sysop known as "Scan-Man," got into the game very early in Charleston, and continued steadily for years.
From The Hacker Crackdown, law and disorder on the electronic frontier by Sterling, Bruce
