Wiki sysops

Revision as of 12:07, 14 February 2011

The current list of wiki sysops is:

• Elliot Smith
• Mike Shaver
• Quim Gil
• Tero Kojo
• Dave Neary
• Dawn Foster

The current list is also available here

What is a sysop?

Sysop stands for "system operator". Sysops may do a number of things which users with the default privileges cannot, including:

• Delete pages, and restore deleted pages
• Revert edits, wiping them from the page history
• Make dumps of sets of wiki pages, and import dumps from outside the wiki
• Access a number of special pages which are restricted, giving information about the wiki users
• Grant extra wiki permissions to other users of the wiki
• Protect and unprotect pages, preventing users from editing them by default
• Blocking or unblocking users or IP addresses from editing the wiki

All other wiki gardening activities can be done by a user with normal default privileges, including editing pages, marking them for deletion or merging, organising the wiki with categories, or renaming pages to respect the wiki naming conventions and contribution guidelines.

Becoming a sysop

The process for becoming a sysop is very simple:

• After participating in wiki gardening activities for a while, you may be invited to become a sysop by an existing team member
• You may send an email to meego-community, or privately to an existing sysop, asking to become a sysop, explaining why you feel you need the extra permissions. The sysop team will discuss your request and let you know quickly whether the extra permissions will be given.