Or was just boss in name only after his 1992 conviction and exhaust of all appeals?

Probably when Junior was in the chair he had some knowledge of what was going on, but in charge seems like a stretch. Face it Gotti wasn't all that smart.

Name only, he was not only in prison but watched every second.

How in charge could he have been, when ''milk drinker'' Tommy Gambino openly defied his orders not to take a plea ??

He had to have had say
Other wise why else would his son would not have been A.B.
And then his brother Peter was A.B. and then Boss

Neither one of them were boss material on their own merits.

I would say yes he was still in charge as much as one can be under the circumstances.

They managed to put out a hit on Gravano

According to Capeci and his sources Gotti was in control until the day he died.

He made acting boss his son and after his dumb brother,so yes he had the control of the family.

Most definitely otherwise they'd be Gotti blood all over the streets.Too many of them..LOL... Furio is correct.

Members loyal to him were in charge until the Sicilians took over.
That was many years after his death.