I am swayed by Rose's suggestion that "editor" is not the best term
for the "can edit protected pages" user status, so I've changed it
back to "sysop". The "can make arbitrary SQL queries" status will be
called "developer". A still open question is who can grant these--my
take on that is that sysops ought to able to grant and revoke sysop
status, and developers should be able to grant and revoke developer
status, and Jimbo resolves any disputes that may occur.
I am also persuaded by Cunc that they should remain on the user list.
It's clear that we must have the feature--we tried living without it,
and it didn't work. So all comfy anti-elitism aside, the feature is
needed, so it stays. Given that, I think secrecy is a far greater
sin than elitism. If we have the feature, we should not be ashamed
of it or downplay it. Showing those settings on the user page will
also encourage newcomers to ask about them, which is a good thing--it
gets people involved and interacting with the community, even if that
interaction might initially be a complaint.
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