> That's your POV and I don't think it should play that much into software design choices, just like Shii's stance on the E-Mail field.

Well, there are two issues here: One of ideology - we all have our agendas we want to advance, and a powerful way to do that is to write your code to do one thing and not another - and one of motivation - coding is work, and it's easier to find the energy to work on things you approve of than things you do not care for. That said, I am always open to discussion about why I should change my mind on these matters.

> One might reasonably say, though, that it's sometimes for the good of the community to make statements as a moderator when you step in. You shouldn't have to announce a list of moderators or delete posts to make that believable - a simple capcode would suffice.

There is some truth to this, although I still dislike making the name field work as some sort of insigna of power. This is far too easy to abuse in normal conversation by posting capped just to have more authority. I much prefer the Futaba/Wakaba Moderator Post option where you can throw in some HTML formatting to get your point across.