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==What's a "sysop"?==
==What's a "sysop"?==


[[SmashWiki:Administrators|Sysops (or administrators)]] are essentially the moderators of SmashWiki, appointed to keep everything in order. They can make advanced edits to the structure of SmashWiki and block users who vandalize or endanger its safety. To meet these ends, sysops are entrusted with powers beyond those of a normal user. However, '''[[SmashWiki:Administrators#Administrators are not kings|Administrators are not kings]]''', and you do not need to feel intimidated by them. For a list of sysops, see [[Special:Listadmins]].
[[SmashWiki:Administrators|Sysops (or administrators)]] are essentially the moderators of SmashWiki, appointed to keep everything in order. They can make advanced edits to the structure of SmashWiki and block users who vandalize or endanger its safety. To meet these ends, sysops are entrusted with powers beyond those of a normal user. However, [[SmashWiki:Administrators#Administrators are not kings|administrators are not kings]], and you do not need to feel intimidated by them. For a list of sysops, see [[Special:Listadmins]].


==Sweet. Can I be one?==
==Sweet. Can I be one?==
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==Why do I still see the old version of a changed image?==
First of all, '''''do not'' keep uploading the new image until it looks right'''. More than likely, the upload worked and the problem is on your end, so please do not clog the system with multiple uploads. If the image's page shows a record of the upload, the upload went through.
Web browsers generally assume images do not change, so they only show you the old version unless you make them go get a new one. This is done by a "hard refresh" or "cache clear", and is usually done by holding Ctrl (or equivalent) and hitting the refresh button. See [[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Bypass your cache|Wikipedia's page on the subject]] for more details.
==Why do some images look like a mess?==
Do the flags of America {{Flag|USA}} and Brazil {{Flag|Brazil}} look like an uneven mess of dots instead of a zoomed-out field of stars? Does this Triforce [[Image:ZeldaSymbol.svg|30px]] look like one piece is smaller than the others? If so, you might be under a bug with Chrome's hardware acceleration and certain graphics cards. Following the instructions in [https://superuser.com/questions/1220106/weird-straight-lines-in-chrome-browser/1220371#1220371 this StackExchange answer] may help fix the problem.


==What is NIWA?==
==What is NIWA?==