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...]] or [[due process]] system can overcome it. For instance, status of a [[GodKing]] as the sole arbiter of disputes, reliance on [[technological escalation]]

...heological power structure considerably. It is no accident that the term [[GodKing]] is used to describe the user of last resort. ...r own they tend to be [[little tin god]]s - each hoping to grow up to be [[GodKing]]. This shouldn't be encouraged. Nor should a clique of [[usurper]]s doin

...ty to a particular faction or one of the "four gs" [[golf]], [[gold]], a [[GodKing]] or [[Global warming promotion society]]

...things which are actually [[political dispute]]s. Wikipedia is run by a [[GodKing]] who reserves to himself the right to resolve or even redefine any politic

...that the [[sysop power structure]] is so irresponsible that it, and its [[GodKing]], must either change, or lose the best contributors with the highest integ

...]] and replacing it with a more accountable structure with no history of [[GodKing]]s nor [[priestly hierarchy]] nor [[command hierarchy]]. ''See the analysi ...h, since the guiltiest parties actually can't read those languages. The [[GodKing]], Jim Wales, can't read or write any language other than English. This is

...:Wikipedia Governance]] for debate on one-man rule over there. See also [[GodKing]].''

[[GodKing]] usurpation is simply standing by to let others do these things, and quiet

...h, since the guiltiest parties actually can't read those languages. The [[GodKing]], Jim Wales, can't read or write any language other than English. This is ...resolves their internal contradictions (multi-language project run by a [[GodKing]] who speaks and reads only English, claims of neutrality with no outreach

...the "grey" way to settle such debates. The latter leads to trust in one [[GodKing]]. The former may lead to a greater role for [[trolls]]. There are reason

...- this term is reserved for very despised [[trolls]] who drive off even [[GodKing]]s and discredit [[ontologist]]s, which is later seen to be a Good Thing.

...ts officers, such decisions are almost always either "sysop instinct" or [[GodKing]] choices.

...structure]] to make it difficult for those who disagree with it, or the [[GodKing]] to communicate even the most [[essential projects|essential concepts]] to

...onsibility]] rather than trust in any god-like authority figures, e.g. a [[GodKing]]. [[Vile mailing list]]s and other [[echo chamber]] behaviour like [[spun

...e'' than that hopefully. ''Nothing less complex is known to work except [[GodKing]] dictatorship, and that usually has bad real world results.''

...entative democracy]] to augment or replace the [[Pointy Haired Boss]] or [[GodKing]] who might still exist for legal reasons - to answer to [[Consumerium Gove

...ons, e.g. [[Wikipedia Red Faction]] resistance against [[Wikimedia]] and [[GodKing]]. Some of these advocate a more formal [[faction]] system to organize [[t

:"A wiki is by contrast troll-hostile and ruled by a GodKing if "deliberately disrupting work... in order to foster change, etc." can be ...other might call "hosts". A bad sysop is what "soft security" would call a GodKing.

...b]] at [[Wikipedia]]. This will not surprise anyone familiar with their [[GodKing]] or [[sysop power structure]], which lacks very considerably in these virt

...[[wiki management]] seem to be starting some based on the principles of [[GodKing]] control, [[sysop power structure]], [[sysop vigilantiism]] and [[sysop va

...odel]]s have a more centralized model based on some degree of trust in a [[GodKing]], or perhaps measurable [[distrust]] levels. Our trust model should have

...t for [[trolls]] and others excluded for various reasons. ''Contact the [[GodKing]] for advice on these criteria. Many [[wiki management]] [[Wikipedia as a ...hor displeases Him. [[Trolling]] is often interpreted as an attack on the GodKing's divinity.

...ped nation]]s, which evolve towards multi-party democracy, and away from [[GodKing]] rule.

The 'once and for all' decision structure propagated by [[GodKing]]s such as and Wikipedia are both anti-political and anti-democratic in nat

...d demonstrates contempt for users. The ultimate expression of this is a [[GodKing]] who claims that his "virtual community" and its needs are more important

A wiki is by contrast troll-hostile and ruled by a [[GodKing]] if "deliberately

as an [[GodKing|awe-inspiring founder]]. Certain [[sycophant]]s skew

::No one can run for a [[GodKing]]'s job, so it's necessary to discredit him. If the job is politically imp

...er vigilantiism]], [[Sysopism]], [[Sysops]], [[Sysop power structure]]s, [[GodKing]] reliant wiki culture, [[Ad hominem delete]],

...res (!), even on a sitewide basis, according to directives by Jimbo] the [[GodKing]] of Wikimedia and Bomis