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| A '''SysOp''' is short for "system operator", and is a commonly used term for the administrator of a ] (BBS) or special-interest area of an online service or, historically, the operators of any computer system, especially a ]. | A '''SysOp''' is short for "system operator", and is a commonly used term for the administrator of a ] (BBS) or special-interest area of an online service or, historically, the operators of any computer system, especially a ]. | ||
| Usage peaked in the early ], as the term was actually mostly used strictly to refer to BBS operators; someone doing equivalent functions on the ] is primarily referred to as an " |
Usage peaked in the early ], as the term was actually mostly used strictly to refer to BBS operators; someone doing equivalent functions on the ] is primarily referred to as an "admin", short for "]". | ||
| A '''Co-SysOp''' was a user who was granted certain admin privileges on a BBS. Generally, they would help validate users and monitor forums. | A '''Co-SysOp''' was a user who was granted certain admin privileges on a BBS. Generally, they would help validate users and monitor forums. | ||
| On the Wikimedia Foundation projects like the Misplaced Pages Encyclopedias, administrators are called sysops, while they do the duties of a co-sysops. | On the Wikimedia Foundation projects like the Misplaced Pages Encyclopedias, administrators are called sysops, while they do the duties of a co-sysops. This is discussed more on particular ]. | ||
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A SysOp is short for "system operator", and is a commonly used term for the administrator of a bulletin board system (BBS) or special-interest area of an online service or, historically, the operators of any computer system, especially a mainframe computer.
Usage peaked in the early 1990s, as the term was actually mostly used strictly to refer to BBS operators; someone doing equivalent functions on the Internet is primarily referred to as an "admin", short for "administrator".
A Co-SysOp was a user who was granted certain admin privileges on a BBS. Generally, they would help validate users and monitor forums.
On the Wikimedia Foundation projects like the Misplaced Pages Encyclopedias, administrators are called sysops, while they do the duties of a co-sysops. This is discussed more on particular Misplaced Pages policy pages.
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