CZ:Administrator

Sysop is the technical name used on many wiki-based sites to refer to contributors who have the technical privileges to make certain important changes to pages and user accounts. Someone who controls a user account within the sysop group may delete most pages, for example, and also block accounts to prevent editing.

On Citizendium, the term is not used much because it is uninformative and because sysop rights are shared between various people depending on their roles. Constables, who moderate behaviour on the site, have sysop powers. So too do technical staff. Other people may also have sysop rights in order to carry out various duties.

Sysop powers are granted to trusted individuals based on a decision by the Management Council. The privileges are handed out sparingly; Council members and even the Managing Editor are not given sysop rights by virtue of holding office.

To see who has sysop privileges on this wiki, go here. For a detailed list of sysop powers, see the user groups rights page, which also lists other user groups.