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A god-king is an unofficial term, sometimes used to describe the leader on a wiki-website, to which all bureaucrats and sysops are accountable. A god-king can create policies 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 Wikimedia Foundation (WMF), it was initially Jimbo Wales, who was the founder of the WMF organization, and whose associates made-up a majority of the governing board in Wikimedia Foundation's early days.
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Some wikis, such as RationalWiki (RW), have no single god-king, but rather are ruled by an elected committee of moderators. 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 users for cause, and it can only overturn community decisions in sysop and bureaucrat elections for cause.
See also
External links
- Meatball:GodKing — at the Meatball Wiki
- Meatball:BenevolentDictator — at the Meatball Wiki