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*[[Special:ListUsers/sysop]] — sysops of [[WikiIndex]]
*[[Special:ListUsers/sysop]] — sysops of [[WikiIndex]]
*[[mw:Special:ListUsers/sysop]] — sysops of [[MediaWiki.org]]
*{{Mw|Special:ListUsers/sysop}} — sysops of [[MediaWiki.org]]
*[https://En.Wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:ListUsers/sysop&offset=&limit=1500&group=sysop All sysops] of [[English Wikipedia]] – nearly 1,500!
*[https://En.Wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:ListUsers/sysop&offset=&limit=1500&group=sysop All sysops] of [[English Wikipedia]] – nearly 1,500!


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==See also==
==See also==
*[[:Category:Active administrators of this wiki]]
*[[:Category: Active administrators of this wiki]]
*[[Bureaucrat]]
*[[Bureaucrat]]
**[[WikiIndex:Bureaucrats]]
**[[WikiIndex: Bureaucrats]]
*[[:Category:User Bot]]
*[[WikiIndex: Leader]]
*[[Help:Group rights]]
*[[:Category: User Bot]]
*[[WikiIndex:Users]]
*[[Help: Group rights]]
*[[WikiIndex: Users]]


==External link==
==External links==
*[[mw:Help:Sysops and permissions|Help:Sysops and permissions]] — at [[MediaWiki.org]]
*{{Mw|Help: Sysops and permissions}} — at [[MediaWiki.org]]


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Revision as of 18:20, 29 December 2022

The term sysop, also written as SysOp, originates from a shortened portmanteau of 'system operator'. On a wiki or other systems which deal with user accounts online; such as bulletin board systems or internet forums, and offline; as in corporate intranet, are also known as administrators (which is itself frequently shortened to admins for brevity). Sysops / administrators can perform administrative functions that regular user account holders are unable to do. Sysops can block difficult people (both registered users and / or IP editors) or unblock them, and can delete pages containing spam and / or vandalism. Sysops can also protect pages, unprotect them, and edit protected pages.

All wiki using the MediaWiki software are able to display a full list of current sysops of their wiki, found at /Special:ListUsers/sysop (unless the individual site owner specifically choose to withold that information). Other wiki engines either don't have easy ways to publish a list of sysops, or the wiki is beautifully simple and doesn't need such a role.

Contrary to bureaucrats, sysops aren't necessarily the 'leaders' of wikis; sysops are better compared to 'janitors', because their primary role is to clean up all the wiki crap; such as deleting spam and reverting vandalism.

List of WikiIndex sysops

Recently active sysops include:

To see the complete list of WikiIndex sysops, please go to Special:ListUsers/sysop

See also

External links