Editing Research:sysop

A '''Research:sysop''' is a very different job than a [[Publish:administrator]].  The [[Research:editor]] job is also different from either.  According to [[Research:policy]]:

[[Research Wiki]] relies on the [[editor]] to edit facts from [[researcher]]s, [[trolls]] and [[anonymous edit]]s.  This person cannot come to any conclusions whatsoever about the nature or intent of the persons they deal with.  Accordingly it is dangerous to let them [[block IP]] or perform other [[operational distinction]]s since they will inevitably confuse those roles with their editorial role.  Accordingly there is need for a:

'''Research:sysop''' to be trusted to [[block IP]] of [[spambot]]s and ordinary obvious [[vandal]]s, but to leave [[trolls]] entirely alone to form [[faction]]s:

Any [[large public wiki]] has [[faction]]s, but [[Consumerium itself]] is especially reliant on them for training, recruitment and debate, in the same way as a parliament relies on every [[political party]] to drive its debates.  A '''sysop''' must not interfere with this.

Accordingly the sysop and editor functions are separate - to take an editor function implies giving up all power to do [[technological escalation]], while, to accept that power means to give up all editorial input at all.

The [[Publish:administrator]] by contrast has much more specific [[Publish:administrator guidelines]] that are suitable to managing an orderly publication by a responsible party.  And, also by contrast the other way, the [[Lowest Troll]] and [[trollish]] is about the only way that the [[Develop Wiki]] is "managed" at all.  The high level of chaos seems to be creative and effective - resulting of course in the design of [[Consumerium:itself]].