sysop

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According to a 2021 RfA inquiry hosted on Wikipedia, “Because RfA carries with it lifetime tenure, granting any given editor sysop feels incredibly important. This creates a risk-adverse and high-stakes atmosphere.”

From Slate • Jun. 16, 2022

"Everyone has multiple roles. I'm the doctor, the biologist, and the EVA specialist. Commander Lewis is our geologist. Johanssen is the sysop and reactor tech. And so on."

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

Thus an MS-DOS sysop might say that his BBS has 4 nodes even though it has a single machine and no Internet link, confusing an Internet hacker no end.

From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Steele, Guy L.

As a regular on Plovernet and sysop of his "Legion of Doom BBS," Lex was the Legion's cheerleader and recruiting officer.

From The Hacker Crackdown, law and disorder on the electronic frontier by Sterling, Bruce

To them, being a sysop is a profession.

From The Online World by De Presno, Odd