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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">  <html lang="en"> <head id="stdcontainer"> <title> gods </title> <link rel="canonical" href="https://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=114" />  <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript" src="?node=list%20replies%20toggle%20javascript" integrity="sha384-6jdBZxT7udN82vOTryPaLwqMohSfDF3HXv3M32KAZ7dOREMdAkYh9ZhoaKCgCXcr" crossorigin="anonymous"></script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/css/common.css" type="text/css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" href="?node_id=204962" type="text/css" />   <link rel="icon" href="/favicon.ico" /> </head> <body id="id-114">   <table id="monkbar" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr class="bannerrow"> <td align="left" width="100%"> <a href="http://pair.com"> <img src="//promote.pair.com/i/pair-banner-current.gif" height = "60" width = "468" alt = "Beefy Boxes and Bandwidth Generously Provided by pair Networks" /> </a> </td> <td rowspan="2" align="right" valign="bottom">  </td> </tr> <tr class="monkquip"> <td class="monkquip" valign="bottom" width="100%" > Your skill will accomplish<br />what the force of many cannot </td> </tr> <tr class="titlebar"> <td class="titlebar"> <form method="get" action="?" enctype="application/x-www-form-urlencoded" >   <input type="text" name="node" id="search_text" size="20" maxlength="300" /> <input class="titlebar" type="submit" value="Search" /> </form> </td> <td class="titlebar" id="mb2001titlebar" align="right" > <a class="titlebar" href="?">PerlMonks</a>   </td> </tr> </table>   <table width="98%" align="center" id="titlebar-top"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="middle" class="titlechooser">  <h3 class="other">gods</h3> <span class="attribution">by <a href="?node_id=114">gods</a> <span class="attribution-title">(Initiate)</span> </span>  </td> <td valign="top" align="right" class="monktitlebar">  <ul class="topnavmenu inline-list"> <li><a href="?node_id=109">Log in</a></li><li><a href="?node_id=101">Create a new user</a></li> <li><a href="?">The Monastery Gates</a></li> <li><a href="?node=Seekers%20of%20Perl%20Wisdom">Seekers of Perl Wisdom</a></li> <li><a href="?node=Meditations">Meditations</a></li> <li><a href="?node=Cool%20Uses%20for%20Perl">Cool Uses For Perl</a></li> <li><a href="?node=Obfuscated%20Code">Obfuscation</a></li> <li><a href="?node=Tutorials">Tutorials</a></li> <li><a href="?node=Perl%20Poetry">Poetry</a></li> <li><a href="?node=Illuminations">Illuminations</a></li> <li><a href="?node=Reviews">Reviews</a></li> <li><a href="?node=Perl%20News">Perl News</a></li> <li><a href="?node=Recently%20Active%20Threads">Recent Threads</a></li> <li><a href="?node=Newest%20Nodes">Newest Nodes</a></li> <li><a href="?node=Super%20Search">Super Search</a></li> <li><a href="?node=Perl%20Monks%20Discussion">PerlMonks Discussion</a></li> <li><a href="?node=Tidings">What's New</a></li> </ul>   </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table width="98%" align="center" id="titlebar-bottom"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="middle" class="titlechooser">  <span class="attribution">on Oct 04, 1999 at 22:35 UTC</span> <span class="addlinks">( <a href="?node_id=114">[id://114]</a>=<a href="?node_id=16">usergroup</a>: <a rel="nofollow" href="?node_id=114;displaytype=print">print</a> <a rel="nofollow" href="?displaytype=print;replies=1;node_id=114">w/replies</a>, <a href="?displaytype=xml;node_id=114">xml</a> )</span>  </td> <td valign="middle" align="right" class="monktitlebar"> <a href="?node=PerlMonks%20FAQ">Need Help??</a> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table>   <center> <table width="98%"> <tr> <td width="80%" valign="top" class="main_content">   <a name="gods"></a> <p>  The <a href="?node=gods">gods</a> are the administrators of the PerlMonks web site. <br />They are "superusers", in that they have the powers of all of the various <a href="?node=cabal">cabal</a> groups (<i>aka</i> <a href="?node=orders%20of%20monks">orders of monks</a>) — <a href="?node=power%20users">power users</a>, <a href="?node=pmdev">pmdev</a>, etc. </p><p> In addition, they have their own unique powers, such as: <ul> <li>they can add (and remove) members in the various <a href="?node=cabal">cabal</a> groups. <li>they apply patches submitted by <a href="?node=pmdev">pmdev</a> members.</li> <li>they can un-<a href="?node_id=409197">reap</a> nodes and override <a href="?node_id=92975">considerations</a>.</li> <li>they can edit any field of any node, including user profile settings.</li> <li>they can disable user accounts, remove voting privileges, etc.</li> <li>they implement heuristics to keep spammer accounts at bay.</li> </ul> </p><p> <a href="?node=Gods">Gods</a> do <i><b>not</b></i> have access to the servers on which PerlMonks runs! 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