Toby Bartels wrote:
For those worried that "firefighter" tends to imply that a wave of newbies is a problem (a raging fire), just remember that it was originally the Wikipedia "militia".
The fires created are not the newbies themselves, but the damage a small part of them do (either intentional or not). "Guide" is still too paternal for my taste. In my part of the world at least, firefighters play the role of general emergency personell (providing extraction and medical assistance at car crashes and such) and only on relatively rare occasions fight actual fires. IMO that makes them a very positive symbol.
-- Daniel Mayer (aka mav)