I'm sick and tired of people misunderstanding what an "administrator" of Wikipedia is. It was a misnomer to begin with, and we've had nothing but trouble with this name ever since. Users misunderstand it (and ask admins to make editorial decisions). Media misunderstand it (and either do not explain it, or connect it to power and influence). And it's no wonder. "Administrator" could refer to a manager, or someone appointed by a court; it typically describes someone in an important official position.
When the role of "bureaucrat" was created, the name was chosen specifically so that people would not treat it as a status symbol. It should be something nobody really _wants_ -- something people do because it needs doing, not because it gains them credibility and influence. This seems to have worked reasonably well for the most part.
Why don't we do the same thing with administrators? No need to do a global search & replace, just change the key pages and MediaWiki messages and leave old mentions of "adminship" on talk pages and such around. But change it to something like "janitor". Or at least something less formidable than "administrator", like "trusted user."
Seriously, people.