Daniel wrote: "So do you have anything other than snide remarks to add? ;)"

If you mean, do it myself, no, I'm afraid not, pretty busy. But I see prospective developers from time to time ask how they can contribute. This would be something that does not require intimate knowledge of MediaWiki internals, so I'd say give it a try.

"The person creating it would have to be *very* trusted and their bot code vetted for security purposes."

I wonder, many developers write applications which will need to run in a secured environment, so much so that they don't get access to the live version themselves. They test it on a fake account. Standard practice. Yes, an audit would be wise.

Erik Zachte