English Wikireality/Sysop

Sysop (administrator, system operator) is a user of wiki-projects with additional rights for technical and other service of project.

Rights
In most wiki-projects sysop has a standard set of functions:
 * Block and unblock of all users.
 * Protect of pages and edit of sysop protected pages.
 * Delete and undelete of all pages.
 * Watching of deleted pages.
 * Edit of space of names MesiaWiki.
 * Edit of JS and CSS files for all users.
 * Change of uncritical rights (autopatrolled, patroller).
 * No speed limit on edit.
 * Rename of files.

Duties
Rights of sysop impose additional duties on user:
 * Timely response to violations of the rules of users
 * Monitoring of problematic pages
 * Summing-up of discussions of deleting pages
 * Control over other users
 * Protection of critical pages and prevention of wheelwars
 * and other.

Wikipedia
In various parts of Wikipedia has a variois features of elections of administrators. In Russian Wikipedia elections continues 2 weeks. Thereshold of assignment of flag is 2/3 (66,6%).

In English Wikipedia thereshold of assignment of flag in not regulated. 80% of support means guaranteed assignment, 70-80% at the discretion of bureaucrat.

From 18 May 2010 administrators in Wikipedia can hide name of user, comment on the edit and version of edits.

Links

 * Functions and duties of administrators in Russian Wikipedia
 * About administrators in Traditio