To prove seriousness (i.e. real love of Wikipedia) and
to prevent sock puppetry why not restrict the
allocation of trust to those users who have edited
x(500? 1000?) times?
I would think that this would resolve most problems.
You might have to make an exception for certain
current sysops who don't really edit but have proved
their worth to the community.
Sysop status would become automatic after x number of
edits provided the user hadn't accumulated negative
votes already from existing trusted users. You could
keep the voting figures out of the public domain until
the trigger figure is reached to prevent gamesplaying,
since people would not know their voting score.
Over time sysop status could be revoked if votes
against a user became weighted too negatively. For
questionable cases you could call a vote.
Good behaviour conversely would inevitably lead to the
regaining of trust as people change their votes and
might lead to the regaining of sysop status.
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