Conservapedia:Sysops

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Being a sysop or Administrator at Conservapedia is not a task one should undertake lightly. Sysops on CP serve as a group of henchmen, or goon squad, run by Andrew Schlafly. As anyone who's watched more than three Bond films knows, henchmen rarely reach the end of the film unscathed. If someone attacks your boss, your job is to take the bullet. If a big boulder is rolling down a hill at the boss, shove him out of the way. Usually, henchmen wear tight-fitting red jumpsuits without undergarments, and this is how CP Sysops are typically dressed as they revert your trolling comments from their multi-screen 3D supercomputers in their glass corner office.

Blocking

Not all who have blocking power at Conservapedia are called sysops. It's quite complicated, because Schlafly has created a series of smaller "user rights" packages, including making "upload file" and "editing between 0:31 and 7:01 (EST)" special rights. But mostly what gets a non-sysop added to this list are the coveted and dreaded "blocking" rights. In fact blocking abilities are often given before editing or uploading rights.

Theoretically, those editors who are given blocking rights but not promoted to Administrator status are expected to use their blocking powers only to protect the site from vandalism. Over time this rule has been relaxed, and some of these individuals clearly regard themselves as sysops in all but name, blocking lesser users for numerous trivial transgressions.

Conservapedia sysops

Ultimately, it became clear that not everyone was able to maintain the level of ignorance, hypocrisy, tyranny and self-righteousness required at Conservapedia. Only a few sysops of the highest caliber have the mental fortitude to continue contributing on a semi-regular basis. As such, the list of currently active sysops (who make about 1/3rd of all the edits there) has shrunk to just seven. None of those who remain make any attempt at producing an encyclopedia any more, but rather link whore their own blogs, or use the front page as their personal twitter stream.

See Conservapedia:Newcomer's Guide for a more detailed guide to the major players.

1. Aschlafly^* ‎(Bureaucrat, Siteadmin, Sysop)
2. Conservative‎ (Sysop)
3. Ed Poor^* ‎(Siteadmin, Sysop). Seems to have gone back to Wikipedia as of January 2014.
4. Joaquín Martínez ‎(Sysop) - Went on vacation 4th of August '12, never really came back. Returned after deciding that CP didn't have enough stolen artwork. Inactive as of June 2015.
5. Jpatt (Siteadmin, Sysop) - Got bored and wandered off March 2013. Returned in May 2013.
6. Karajou^* ‎(Siteadmin, Sysop) - R E T I R E D July 2, 2007 back again July 3, 2007 "retired until further notice" September 1, 2008 back, YET AGAIN, September 4, 2008
7. TerryH^* ‎(Siteadmin, Sysop) - Inactive since Feburary 2011. Returned in April 2011 to link whore his new website.

* Also have SiteAdmin rights to turn on/off the database.

Inactive current sysops

These sysops are leaving rapidly!!

activity until Feb 2011

1. Admin - Inactive since March 2007. ‎(Bureaucrat, Sysop)
2. AddisonDM ^* - One of Andy's unfortunate students. Inactive since January 2010. Active as of February 2011, participating in class and reverting obvious vandalism, but not actually making other contributions. Inactive since June 2011
3. BenjaminS ‎(Sysop) - Largely inactive since December 2008. Inactive since May 2010.
4. BethanyS^* ‎(Siteadmin, Sysop) - Inactive since June 2009.
5. CPWebmaster^* ‎(Bureaucrat, checkuser, Siteadmin, Sysop) - Largely Inactive since February 2009. Inactive since November 2010.
6. CPanel ‎(Sysop) - Inactive since June 2007. Undoubtedly either a sock or meatpuppet of ASchlafly.
7. Chippeterson^* (Sysop, Siteadmin) - Master of wanted pages, and creator of myriad incoherent cut-and-pasted stub articles. Inactive since April 2011
8. ChrisS ‎(Sysop) - Inactive since November 2008.
9. CollegeRepublican Schlafly Jr undoubtedly too busy getting laid at college to contribute to Daddy's high quality encylcopedia blog.
10. David R ‎(Sysop) - Inactive since April 2008.
11. DouglasA (Sysop) - Inventor of a new Conservapedia game: How much content can I delete from the site before its no longer an encyclopedia? Deleted everything worthwhile. Inactive since May 2011
12. DuncanB - Largely inactive since December 09. Inactive since May 2010
13. EdBot - Unplugged since December 08.
14. Freedom777 (Sysop) Inactive since July 2008.
15. PhilipB: (Sysop). Inactive since February 2009.
16. PhyllisS (Sysop) - Keeping it in the family. (That's Andy's daughter, not his mom) - Largely inactive since August 2010
17. RSchlafly ‎(Sysop) - Largely inactive since November 2009. Pops up now and then, but usually disappears after being reminded how insane CP actually is.
18. SharonS^* ‎(Bureaucrat, Siteadmin, Sysop) - Inactive since March 09 Back during May 20-27 2009 - Lost rights July 2014
19. Will N. ‎(Sysop) - Inactive since November 2007.
20. Ymmotrojam ‎(Sysop) - Inactive since July 2008.

* Also have SiteAdmin rights to turn on/off the database.

Sysop "lite" rights

1. Benp: (Block). Promoted in May 2008. Inactive since February 2011. Came back. Then he quit after BestialityaPalooza.
2. BertSchlossberg: (Block, Edit, Upload). KAL 007 conspiracy theorist. Inactive since November 2010 Came back. Inactive since May 2013.
3. DeniseM: (Block, Edit, Upload). Promoted very rapidly for biblical insights. Inactive since March 2009.
4. DerekE: (Block, Edit). Inactive since May 2013.
5. DMorris: (Block, Edit, Upload, Checkuser). Promoted April 2011.
6. Double Edge: (Block, Edit, Upload). Inactive since June 2010.
7. Jinxmchue: (Block). Ole Jinxypoo may be gone, but his rights remain. Retired June 2010.
8. MaxFletcher (Block). Promoted after only 4 days of editing on 17 March 2011. Inactive since November 2011.
9. MBack: (Block, Edit). Enthusiastic contributor to the Conservative Bible Project. Inactive since April 2010.
10. MarkGB: (Block, Edit, Upload). Inactive since May 2010.
11. PaulBurnett: (Block, Edit). Insufficiently deferential to Jpatt resulting in being blocked on January 19, 2011.
12. StevenM: (Block, Edit). Inactive since December 2009.
13. SharonW (Block, Edit) Promoted to Block after counterwandal activities and then edit for no apparent reason. Spends most of her time at Ameriwiki, per October 2011. Also blocked Bootmii. ("Boot me? Really?"). Inactive since December 2012. Made one edit in April 2017.
14. BHathorn (Block, edit) Apparently Billy Hathorn. Copypastes his articles on Republican Texan politicians from WP.
15. CPalmer (Block) After over three years, he got his banhammer!. Inactive since April 2013.
16. Danq (Block, edit) Quit in October 2013.
17. Toadaron (Block, edit)
18. WesleyS (block)
19. PeterKa (Block) Active in October 2015... will check back to see if he's still around when my ban's up next year.

Ex-rights holders

1. Bohdan ‎(Sysop) R E T I R E D September 11, 2007 Reinstated Feb 29, 2008 [2] RENAMED: HenryS - inactive since December 2008, stripped of rights in June 2009.
2. Foxtrot: as Bungler (upload, edit, block) - seems genuine - noncontroversial generally (although deeply homophobic) PROVISIONALLY DEMOTED for inactivity. (21 Apr 2010)
3. Philip J. Rayment^* ‎(Siteadmin, Sysop, Block, Edit, Upload) Resigned from sysop Inactive since March 2009. Wrote a lengthy essay regarding why he left, amazingly petty detailed[3] and surprisingly accurate regarding the site and how it is run.
4. Taj (blocking power). Largely inactive since February 2009. Returned in May 2009, additional rights bestowed in January 2010. RETIRED AS OF 12 May 2010. Returned for a short time; Resigned as of July 8, 2012 [4]
5. BrianCo: a long-time editor (Block, edit, Upload), generally far too non-controversial to actually make sysop. Banned for nothing in particular.
6. Bugler: not quite a sysop (Block, edit, Upload), but a total wazzock (almost certainly a parodist) Admitted to being a parodist.
7. ColinR (Sysop) F I R E D May, 2007.
8. CPAdmin1 (Siteadmin, Sysop) RETIRED AS OF 12/31/08
9. DanH ‎(Siteadmin, Sysop) RESIGNED IN PROTEST June 19, 2008
10. Crocoite ‎(Sysop) RENAMED: DeanS^* RESIGNED IN PROTEST June 22, 2008 He's back blocking. Appears to have retired after the death of his wife. Rights removed on 8 August 2010.
11. Deborah: not a sysop, but has a lot of power - almost as much power as her redirect edit count F I R E D (05-Dec-08) for "inactivity; also wrong edit to Kosher entry re: fish)"
12. Elamdri ‎(Sysop) F I R E D for "inactivity".
13. Fox (Sysop) F I R E D for "inactivity" (Back Again, 12/2007) F I R E D for adding liberal lulz. He came back and started blocking again; eventually, got tired of CP's antisemites and quit on November 25, 2008. F I R E D for good on 7-Dec-08 (for inactivity). In January 2009, Teacake banhammered him with the reason "Liberal parodist", yet somehow failed to revert any of his alleged "liberal parody" edits... Fox doesn't really care though - he actually socked up when he knew he was on the way out and used plenty of deep cover IDs to insert some absolutely outrageous material into otherwise innocuous articles.
14. Geo.plrd^* ‎(Siteadmin, Sysop) - Largely inactive since January 2009. F I R E D for inactivity.
15. HelpJazz: (Block). F I R E D for "inactivity". Disempowered by Andy in preparation for the Great Promotions of 2009.
16. Hojimachong ‎(Sysop) F I R E D for "inactivity", actual reason was being RW janitor.
17. JessicaT (Siteadmin, Sysop). F I R E D for repeated edit conflicts with other administrators not kissing TK's ring. Went silent and subsequently resigned for good some time after the rights were stripped.
18. Jinxmchue: the jerk rehabilitation project's finest work! Didn't believe the surgeon general's warning that taking on TK can be hazardous for your health.
19. JacobB (Sysop): parodist, F I R E D after he came out.
20. Learn together^* (Siteadmin, Sysop) - Inactive since January 2009. F I R E D for "inactivity" 22 June 2009
21. MikeSalter: (Block) A sock of Bugler who managed to earn block rights within 8 days of creating his account.
22. Niandra^* ‎(Siteadmin, Sysop) (Note:23:37, 6 August 2007 Aschlafly renamed the user "Niandra" (and moved edits) to "Jallen") Since Andy calls her "Justine", her real name might be Justine Allen. Inactive since July 2009 F I R E D for "inactivity" 1 Aug 2011.
23. RJJensen:(Sysop). Q U I T after Andy Schlafly deleted his cp:American Jews without discussion in January 2010. Last edit April 2010. Formally desysoped August 2011.
24. RobS Renamed RobSmith (09/25/07) ‎(Sysop) - Inactive since May 2008 Damn, he's back, as of July 2009 F I R E D August 2011 "pending further review" (yeah right) for attempting to reform the cesspit.
25. RodWeathers. (Block, edit & upload) F I R E D 31 Dec 2008, because Andy couldn't confirm his name. Later came out as a parodist.
26. Sarah B ‎(Sysop) F I R E D for "inactivity".
27. Tash (Block, Edit, Upload) F I R E D for inactivity.
28. TK ‎(Siteadmin, Sysop) F I R E D 11/2007 for being RW agent, "insignificant" contribs to CP, and general douchebaggery. He's back editing CP, pushing his weight around and blocking. He probably wants his Admin job back. Back in action as of 1/1/2009 Died in harness, December 2010. Rights removed^img post mortem on Feb 6, 2011.
29. Tmtoulouse lasted about 45 minutes. F I R E D
30. Tzoran: (Block, Edit). Stripped of rights by Andy on 7 Jan 11, after user retired from CP. Blocked by the Assfly on 11 March 2011.
31. Willminator: (Block, Edit). F I R E D by Conservative on 14 Dec 2010 Unblocked himself on 31 Dec 2010. F I R E D by Andy and JPatt on 14 Feb 2011 for asking whether TK is really dead.
32. SeanS: (Block) Promoted after undoing vandalism sprees. Mikalos on RW. Eventually went MexMax on Conservative and Markman while repeatedly committing wikicide and subsequently reviving himself. After his fifth wikicide he was demoted for good.
33. KhalidM (Block) F I R E D
34. NKeaton (Block) F I R E D by Aschlafly on 24 July 2013. The day afterwards he was banished by the assfly for two years.
35. DVergne (Block, edit) F I R E D by Joaquín and Schlafly for calling Qaddafi a dictator.
36. Markman (Block, edit) F I R E D by Ken and Schlafly on 19 August 2013.
37. Iduan: (Block). Promoted 17 March 2011. F I R E D by Andy on 21 February 2014.
38. Brenden‎ (Block, edit) F I R E D by Andy on 21 February 2014.
39. PetyrB (Block, Skipcaptcha) Joined Conservapedia on 24 June 2014. Promoted on 29 June 2014 after sucking up to Andy. On 7 July 2014 he was discovered to be a sock of Markman through the use of checkuser. PetyrB went MexMax in response, and shortly afterwards was blocked and his user rights removed by Andy.
40. JamesWilson (Block, edit, rollback) promoted after his Elvis spree, blocked himself in 2012. Unblocked himself in 2014, and was soon demoted for his claim that fornication included non-procreative sex within marriage. He blocked himself before the demotion, so he's unable to edit.
41. GFitz/RonaldB (Block, rollback) apparently an account originally used by the late George Fitzgerald, founder of Ameriwiki. Blocked by DMorris in 2017 when account was used by someone claiming to be George's friend Ronald. Rights have yet to be removed, and the account was blocked for allegedly being a sockpuppet account of James Wilson.

How to become a CP sysop

Just how do you become a sysop at CP? Like BethanyS it's by making a lot of edits, being well groomed and educating Andy Schlafly, as well as "being there" during a vandal attack, that's how. But lets have a look in detail at those edits. I have taken some figures (16:04, 5 June 2007 EST) and broken down her contributions since 8 December 2006. This is her complete edit history!

Dec 8 : 31 edits (6 articles, 1 term, 24 user/talk/images)

Jan 26: 19 edits (4 articles + 2 minor corrections to own edits, 13 user/talk/images)

Mar 9 : 4 edits (1 article, 3 terms)

Mar 16: 1 edit (1 user talk)

Mar 30: 14 edits (3 articles + 1 minor correction, 3 terms, 7 user/talk/images)

May 12: 2 edits (2 user talk)

May 14: 3 edits (3 user talk)

May 16: 8 edits (1 articles + 1 minor correction, 2 terms, 4 user/talk/images)

May 18: 3 edits (3 user talk)

May 19: 3 edits (3 user talk)

May 22 - BethanyS nominates herself for sysop

May 22: 14 edits (2 articles, 5 terms, 4 user/talk/images, 3 sysop contest)

May 23: 52 edits (9 articles + 2 minor corrections, 38 terms, 3 user/talk)

May 24: 21 edits (3 articles + 1 minor correction, 13 terms, 3 user/talk/image, 1 sysop contest)

May 25: 8 edits (3 articles + 1 minor correction, 3 terms, 1 user/talk/image)

May 26: 4 edits (2 articles, 2 terms)

May 28: 8 edits (2 articles + 1 minor correction, 3 terms, 2 debate)

May 29: 5 edits (3 articles, 1 user/talk/image, 1 sysop contest)

May 30: 4 edits (1 articles + 1 minor correction, 1 user/talk/image, 1 sysop contest)

May 31: 12 edits (1 articles + 1 minor correction, 4 terms, 5 user/talk/image, 1 sysop contest)

Jun 2: 19 edits (8 articles + 4 minor correction, 2 terms, 2 user/talk/image, 3 sysop contest)

Jun 3: 20 edits (4 articles, 7 terms, 6 user/talk/image, 2 sysop contest, 1 redirect)

Jun 4: BethanyS is a sysop!

Jun 4: 26 edits (2 articles + 1 minor correction, 1 term, 14 user/talk/image, 8 sysops contest)

Jun 5: 13 edits (2 articles, 11 user/talk/image)

So out of 289 edits:

24 User talk (11 own talk)

62 Own user page

17 Images uploaded

78 American History terms (list of links to other pages)

9 History terms (list of links to other pages)

19 Sysop contest contributions

14 Fantasy related articles (elves, dwarves, orcs, Eragon etc.)

38 Short articles

0 Vandalism reverts

And of those short articles:

Head : plagiarized from www.DidYouKnow.com (no citation)

Lemuel Haynes: plagiarized from www.whitehouse.gov (no citation)

Robert H Goddard: plagiarized from www.siarchives.si.edu (no citation)

Note that big sister SharonS often has to help out by improving the articles afterwards.

Criteria for sysopship include: two pieces of ID, a personal reference from a teacher, lawyer or clergyman, a notarised written personal guarantee and a sample of DNA.

Sysop contest timeline

Date	Event
9 May 2007	Thresholds of 9700 and 10000 new articles set for next promotions
16 May 2007	Bohdan promoted
16 May 2007	Joaquin Martinez promoted
22 May 2007	Will N. promoted
24 May 2007	Threshold 10500
31 May 2007	Crocoite promoted
31 May 2007	Threshold 11000
4 June 2007	BethanyS promoted
4 June 2007	Threshold 12000
22 June 2007	DeborahB promoted
22 June 2007	Threshold 13000
4 July 2007	Fox promoted
4 July 2007	Threshold 14000 (revised 2 minutes later "because of strong growth" - why?)
4 July 2007	Threshold 15000
27 July 2007	Threshold 17000
7 September 2007	Threshold 18000
12 December 2007	Conservapedia will soon promote one or more Sysops, for the first time in months (Main page notice)
16 December 2007	Conservapedia surpasses 21000 articles (allegedly)
20 December 2007	New user CollegeRepublican promoted

List of editors with sysoplike rights

(at 07:05, 12 August 2010 (UTC))

special rights: Block (12), bot (1), bureaucrat (4), checkuser (16), edit (28), oversight (12), Siteadmin (22), SkipCaptcha (3), sysop (35) and Upload (19).

user	Blo	bot	bur	che	edi	ove	Sit	Ski	sys	Upl	all edits	recent edits	verdict
AddisonDM				×			×		×		5955	0	Dead
Additioner					×						2356	73	Semi-active
Admin			×						×		145	0	Dead
Ambers					×					×	242	0	Dead
Aquacadet					×					×	54	0	Dead
Aschlafly			×	×		×	×		×		38109	1830	Hyperactive
Ashleys					×					×	45	0	Dead
BenjaminS									×		1422	64	Semi-active
Benp	×				×						750	40	Semi-active
BertSchlossberg	×				×					×	2331	76	Semi-active
BethanyS				×			×		×		2222	0	Dead
Chippeterson						×	×		×		4015	166	Active
ChrisS									×		296	0	Dead
CollegeRepublican									×		1	0	Dead
Conservative				×		×	×		×		23069	2896	Übermensch
CPanel									×		9	0	Dead
CPWebmaster			×	×		×	×		×		902	0	Dead
DanielPulido	×				×			×			1527	0	Dead
David R									×		1044	0	Dead
DeanS				×		×	×		×		9289	0	Dead
DeborahB.				×			×		×		2427	0	Dead
DeniseM	×				×					×	183	0	Dead
DerekE	×				×						1230	247	Active
Double Edge	×				×					×	204	21	Comatose
DouglasA						×	×	×	×		1690	130	Active
DuncanB							×		×		950	2	Dead
EdBot		×							×		3445	0	Dead
Ed Poor				×		×	×		×		22704	317	Very active
FOIA					×						4582	573	Very active
Freedom777									×	×	66	0	Dead
Geo.plrd				×		×	×		×		2729	5	Dead
Gmkutscher										×	0	0	Dead
Hsmom					×						1586	59	Semi-active
JacobB					×						3154	285	Very active
Jallen				×		×	×		×		6564	0	Dead
JCL91					×					×	1	0	Dead
Jinxmchue	×										1583	112	Active
JMR10										×	1172	42	Semi-active
Joaquín Martínez									×		7216	270	Active
Joe B					×					×	54	0	Dead
Jpatt				×		×	×		×		9303	783	Very active
Karajou				×		×	×		×		13307	630	Very active
Katieb					×					×	150	0	Dead
Katja N					×					×	77	0	Dead
Kevin51292					×					×	61	0	Dead
Lnowik					×						0	0	Dead
MarkGB	×				×					×	30	14	Comatose
MBack	×				×						398	0	Dead
Mer					×					×	119	0	Dead
PhilipB									×		902	0	Dead
PhyllisS									×		433	123	Active
RickD					×						1807	0	Dead
RJJensen							×		×		18071	0	Dead
RobSmith				×			×		×		17840	826	Very active
RSchlafly									×		1568	8	Dead
SamuelC								×			192	0	Dead
Seth9000					×						15	0	Dead
SharonS			×	×			×		×		5422	0	Dead
StevenM	×				×					×	946	0	Dead
TerryH				×			×		×		6077	117	Active
TestAccountbyAschlafly										×	0	0	Dead
TestAschlafly							×				0	0	Dead
TimS					×		×			×	1440	0	Dead
TK				×		×	×		×		16461	0	Active
Tzoran	×				×						904	0	Dead
Willminator	×				×						217	217	Active
Will N.									×		1012	0	Dead
Ymmotrojam									×		987	0	Dead

See also

• Fun:Ed Poor
• Conservapedia:Gang of Four
• The Stalinist Republic of Konservapediya