Daniel Mayer wrote:
Anybody of good intentions can be a sysop if they want to be. I don't think we should label people as having a particular status and thus imply that this status is anything particularly special.
I agree.
The ability for any random person to show up and edit any page at any time, on an equal footing with oldtimers, is the most frightening and appalling way to run a website that I can imagine. It's the secret of our success.
--Jimbo