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A <b>god-king</b> is an unofficial term, sometimes used to describe the [[leader]] on a [[wiki]] site, to which all [[bureaucrat]]s and {{tag|Admin|sysops}} are accountable. A god-king can create [[WikiIndex:Policies and Guidelines|policy]] unilaterally, and has the final say on all disputes that arise. Often, the god-king is the [[owner]] of a wiki.

In the case of the [[:Category:Wikimedia Foundation|Wikimedia Foundation]] (WMF), it was initially [[Jimmy Wales|Jimbo Wales]], who was the [[founder]] of the WMF organization, and whose [[:Category:Wikimedia Foundation staff|associates]] made up a majority of the governing board in Wikimedia Foundation's early days.

<br> Some [[WhatIsWiki|wikis]], such as [[RationalWiki]] (RW), have no single god-king, but rather are ruled by an elected committee of [[moderator]]s. While a god-king has the authority to do whatever they want on, to, or with the wiki for any reason or no reason, such a committee usually is only allowed to discipline [[user]]s for {{Wp|just cause|cause}}, and it can only overturn community decisions in [[sysop]] and bureaucrat elections for cause.

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