desysop

English

Etymology

From de- +‎ sysop.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /diːˈsɪsɔp/

• Audio (US):

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Verb

desysop (third-person singular simple present desysops, present participle desysopping, simple past and past participle desysopped)

1. (transitive, wiki jargon, chiefly Wikimedia jargon) To revoke the sysop (administrator) privileges of.
   • 2010 July 6, Eric Stevens (quoting Wikipedia Arbitration Committee), “Re: Wikipedia Accuracy”, in soc.history.ancient‎^[1] (Usenet):

     William M. Connolley desysopped

   • 2010 December 6, robert bristow-johnson, “boy, is *this* OT. but i'm game. (was Re: Imbecility)”, in comp.dsp‎^[2] (Usenet):

     i'll admit that i am flypaper for abusive admins. it's because i simply don't take shit from them. some of these abusive admins were eventually desysopped […]

   • 2011 August 5, Ding Dong [username], “Re: All My Details”, in uk.legal‎^[3] (Usenet):

     Eventually he'll be desysopped for good, and that will be a wonderful day for reason and honesty on the Internet.