The Mediator role account is a danger to the community
I worry intensely about how this "role account" got started, and where it's heading. Although the concept of mediation sounds very nice, please note that the person who conceived of it was banned for extremely anti-social on-line behavior: User:EntmootOfTrolls (or "EofT"). This user scares me more than any other user; I came close to putting an emergency 'block' on his account when he seemed to be physically threatening user:RK (the 'sharia law' remark sounded like a real threat, not at all akin to Rampton's obvious jest).
It is this contradiction between the "nice" sound of the concept and the "nasty" character of its proponent that worries me so much. Given that EofT has caused so much heartache and fear in the past, I worry that this scheme could be some sort of trick to cause similar trouble in the future. I'm especially suspicious of the aspect of anonymity; at a minimum, I'd want the developers to keep an IP log of who's using the account at any time; but I worry that this won't be enough. I would feel somewhat better if I myself knew who the 'Mediator' was at all times, but that raises other issues and does not settle all my current concerns.
Why can't people who want to mediate, simply do so under their own names? Or just create a dummy account and mediate under that (each with his own dummy account)? I worry that there's some trickery or treachery brewing: EofT is very smart, and he scares me. I don't like or trust what's happening now.
Ed Poor, aka Uncle Ed