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
Less common in the U.S., where sysop seems to be preferred.
From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Guy L. Steele
To them, being a sysop is a profession.
From The Online World by Odd De Presno
Others are private and restricted only to personal friends of the sysop.
From The Hacker Crackdown, law and disorder on the electronic frontier by Bruce Sterling
There is the completely anonymous board, where everyone uses pseudonyms—"handles"—and even the sysop is unaware of the user's true identity.
From The Hacker Crackdown, law and disorder on the electronic frontier by Bruce Sterling
