User blog comment:Flywish/I've made my choice!/@comment-1024726-20100328235214

I disagree with TS over the sysops issue, and I think it's possible to leave a tremendous legacy even without sysop powers.

Don't believe me? Take a look at Bugzy, who introduced major changes in the judicial system and PWNED the opponents of common sense. He never got anywhere further than rollback and temporary sysop. Or Pufflezzz, who integrated romance and key complicated relationships into this wiki. I looked at her promotion log -- she never got past rollback. And look at me -- did I need sysop powers to write what you all claim is the greatest article on this site?

My point is that you don't need sysop powers to leave a legacy -- you can do amazing things with the right editing skills. True, sysop powers can be handy quite often. But what counts is your contributions, not your "rank".

Not trying to start a debate here, but I just wanted to let everyone know that sysop powers are not everything.


 * P.S. Also, the whole "never too many sysops" thing collapses if you adopt the ranks over rights belief. You can't have everyone being a king and no other "classes".