#REDIRECT [[GodKing]]
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The GodKing is the owner of the site, or its administrator, or any [[sysop]] with ultim
...ssive and limits the quality of participation, since no one wiser than the GodKing will be heeded in its decisions.
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A [[sysop power structure]] with a [[GodKing]] is a good example of this.
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...] which is not [[independent board|independent]], and continue to act as [[GodKing]], while making the others take the heat for stupid decisions.
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...ing any action or making commitments or promises. It is the opposite of [[GodKing]] rule and usually relies on means of [[consensus decision making]].
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''God Save The GodKing'' (sarcastic)
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...the following are caretakers of the Wikipedia project and often defy the [[GodKing]] and other [[usurper]]s to try to keep it "on track" as an encyclopedia:
...y rational fear that some sysops agree with the caretakers more than the [[GodKing]].
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...or_antisocial_editors the proposed Wikipedia policy] but without special [[GodKing]] status reserved - as it is in that policy.
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...ipedia, which permits [[outing]] without consequence, and insists on one [[GodKing]] being informed of all details of all decisions, and begging to Him for an
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...at day) they actually mean "we can exclude this without angering our great GodKing." That is ''all'' they mean, that is, there is no possible objective defin
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...as [[driven off by trolls|driving off advocates of unfair systems]] and [[GodKing]]s and such.
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The "'''usual happy NPOV talk'''" according to [[Jimbo Wales]], [[GodKing]] of [[Wikimedia]], [http://mail.wikimedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2004-
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2. fascism as a [[sysop power structure]] and perhaps [[GodKing]] take root - some [[sysop vigilantiism]] mostly dealt with informally; so
...ding of [[why wiki works]]; [[usurper]]s have managed to get close to the GodKing personally, and use his approval as a mask to push their own agendas - labe
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...ically, and none of this is characteristic of a little tin god sysop, or a GodKing.
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...Jimbo") is the co-founder of [[Wikimedia]]. He is sometimes known as the [[Godking]] of wikipedia, or the benevolent dictator. There has been some controversy
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*that [[Jim Wales]] is a [[GodKing]] or can be referred to same as if that were harmless
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The term was actually coined by Wikipedia's [[GodKing]], "Jimbo" Wales.
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...ot put any one source at the centre of the universe, and strongly oppose [[GodKing]]s on all wikis. This is just one more issue in [[wiki governance]].
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'''Ethics''' is whatever a [[GodKing]] says, as interpreted by a [[priestly hierarchy]]. This is [[neutral poin
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...ght be [[driven off by trolls]] if their positions, e.g. pro-Nazi or pro-[[GodKing]], are very unpopular
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...regarding [[Simple English]] and the degree to which Wikipedia abandons [[GodKing]]s to become [[troll-friendly]]. This seems unlikely in the near future.
...ocess deletion at SEW or indeed any [[Wikimedia]] project ruled by their [[GodKing]].
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...[bootstrap]] would prove that it is quite possible to function without a [[GodKing]] or even a [[representative democracy]] model, though some [[sysop power s
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...ns as how to deal with the [[Red China block]], which the still-reigning [[GodKing]] chooses to deal with unilaterally via the "[[usual happy NPOV talk]]". '
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...the projects they have been involved in into [[enemy projects]] or done [[GodKing]] worship without question (almost the same thing, not quite). These shoul
...all the [[GFDL text corpus]] so we can work with it without MySQL, perl, [[GodKing]]s, or dreaded "Wikipedians". They may even beat [[Metaweb]] to the punch,
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...d strongly frowned upon even when it is done under the direct order of a [[GodKing]]. It makes it obvious that there is a [[power structure]] that is quite d
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...have a [[Number of the Beast]] branded on them to buy or sell. Like the [[GodKing|Roman emperors of old]], he would impose horrible martyrdoms on surviving C
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...trust me" situation that is not necessarily better than just trusting a [[GodKing]] to make all the decisions - at least one ''knows'' one is doing that!
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...Lowest Troll''' with a [[GodKing]]. However, they are clearly not, as the GodKing claims moral superiority when he exercises his technological superiority or
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...in English from now on! I must understand! I will understand! I am the GodKing! YEEaarraaggh!)
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...m]] - the group is the [[sysop power structure]] - see [[Wikimedia]] and [[GodKing]] and [[undelete page]] for issues
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Pi back rightfully to 3.1 as has been declared rightful by our GodKing.
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...t also refers to the final legal and political confrontation between the [[GodKing]]s and the [[trolls]] on all [[GFDL corpus access provider]]s, and the remo
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Some [[large public wiki]]s have a single [[GodKing]] to declare what constitute '''false''' or '''unsubstantiated'''. This pe
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...e to the "[[neutral point of view]]". Where a [[priestly hierarchy]] or [[GodKing]] rules, this is wholly appropriate.
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*No [[GodKing]].
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...a [[cabal]], [[clique]] or [[sysop power structure]] ruled by same or by [[GodKing]], who will ensure that the text does not return, valid or not. This is an
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...a [[sysop power structure]] accountable only to themselves, consort with [[GodKing]]s, or be cowed by [[libel chill]] or the invention of [[spun threat]]s for
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...view]]) is the view of the [[sysop power structure]] and (if applicable) [[GodKing]].
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...special about the [[Sysop Vandal point of view]] and no reason to let a [[GodKing]] or [[priestly hierarchy]] determine the discourse on any wiki.
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...pressure]] and [[class-hatred]]." Accordingly once authority (such as a [[GodKing]] is identified, all forms of hate and abuse that are not specifically prev
...o any that elevates or seems to worship the final-resort sysop (the term [[GodKing]], like "[[politically correct]]", seems to provide a kind of authority to
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...estly and lets any contributor, including [[trolls]], help it do so, the [[GodKing]]s of such projects rightfully consider us a threat to their power, and att
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...rce specifically to enable [[moral purchasing]], which means only what the GodKing and his sysops say it means.
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*[[God's Eye View]] of course, which leads inexorably to worship of a [[GodKing]]
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...espected by the [[sysop power structure]], i.e. a personal friend of the [[GodKing]]) who is on a more or less continuous [[witch-hunt]].
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...and should be employed only for [[inquisitor]]s and the more persistent [[GodKing]] minions - those who literally can't seem to comprehend any other way to d
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...ory actions enforced by [[w:fiat]], e.g. sysop status, Militia approval, [[GodKing]] [[w:monarchy]], or whatever.
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...you should do little or nothing until the [[power structure]] (or just a [[GodKing]]) is offended. This conserves energy and avoids revealing sensitivities.
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3. For purposes of knuckling under to [[libel chill]] by [[GodKing]]s and so on:
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...s or trustworthiness. This is literally self-worship, unsurprising in a [[GodKing]].
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...each other's orders, e.g. the [[priestly hierarchy]] that surrounds the [[GodKing]] preaching [[Wikimedia corruption]] and [[systemic bias]] as a [[Good Thin
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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]]
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...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
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...ty to a particular faction or one of the "four gs" [[golf]], [[gold]], a [[GodKing]] or [[Global warming promotion society]]
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...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
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...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
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...]] 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
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...:Wikipedia Governance]] for debate on one-man rule over there. See also [[GodKing]].''
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[[GodKing]] usurpation is simply standing by to let others do these things, and quiet
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...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
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...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
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...- 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.
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...ts officers, such decisions are almost always either "sysop instinct" or [[GodKing]] choices.
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...structure]] to make it difficult for those who disagree with it, or the [[GodKing]] to communicate even the most [[essential projects|essential concepts]] to
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...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
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...e'' than that hopefully. ''Nothing less complex is known to work except [[GodKing]] dictatorship, and that usually has bad real world results.''
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...entative democracy]] to augment or replace the [[Pointy Haired Boss]] or [[GodKing]] who might still exist for legal reasons - to answer to [[Consumerium Gove
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...ons, e.g. [[Wikipedia Red Faction]] resistance against [[Wikimedia]] and [[GodKing]]. Some of these advocate a more formal [[faction]] system to organize [[t
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:"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.
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...b]] at [[Wikipedia]]. This will not surprise anyone familiar with their [[GodKing]] or [[sysop power structure]], which lacks very considerably in these virt
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...[[wiki management]] seem to be starting some based on the principles of [[GodKing]] control, [[sysop power structure]], [[sysop vigilantiism]] and [[sysop va
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...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
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...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.
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...ped nation]]s, which evolve towards multi-party democracy, and away from [[GodKing]] rule.
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The 'once and for all' decision structure propagated by [[GodKing]]s such as and Wikipedia are both anti-political and anti-democratic in nat
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...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
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A wiki is by contrast troll-hostile and ruled by a [[GodKing]] if "deliberately
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as an [[GodKing|awe-inspiring founder]]. Certain [[sycophant]]s skew
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::No one can run for a [[GodKing]]'s job, so it's necessary to discredit him. If the job is politically imp
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...er vigilantiism]], [[Sysopism]], [[Sysops]], [[Sysop power structure]]s, [[GodKing]] reliant wiki culture, [[Ad hominem delete]],
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...res (!), even on a sitewide basis, according to directives by Jimbo] the [[GodKing]] of Wikimedia and Bomis
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