desysop

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verb

To revoke the sysop (administrator) privileges of.

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Meanings

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

present singular third person desysops · participle present desysopping · participle past desysopped · past desysopped

  1. transitivewiki jargon; chiefly Wikimedia jargon; wiki jargon; chiefly Wikimedia jargonTo revoke the sysop (administrator) privileges of.

    William M. Connolley desysopped

    2010 July 6, Eric Stevens (quoting Wikipedia Arbitration Committee), “Re: Wikipedia Accuracy”, in soc.history.ancient (Usenet)
    2 more examples

    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 […]

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

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

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

Origin

From de- + sysop.

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APA

desysop. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/desysop

MLA

“desysop.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/desysop. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “desysop,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/desysop.

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