so - bee-dubya-ell; you are asking that a "volunteer" moderator ***, in additon to whatever else he/she must do in order to moderate; also have to logout as their own identity, login as a different identity and then reverse the procedure to be themselves.

As far as "signing" their work;

Do you want notices put if links are corrected?

Or URL spellng is fixed?

Or spam deleted?

duplicate messages removed?

Or if links are converted from absolute to relative so that they work regardless of the servername?

or when related links are inserted ?

Or a midi posted?

Or a midi linked to song page and /or thread?

Should they have to sign their work when removeing outdated or inappropriat posts to perma-threads?

Lyrics formatted so they are legible?

ABC files formatted so they are playable?

html errors corrected?

Those are a few of the tasks I've noticed that occur. I'm sure there are more that I haven't thought of; nor noticed.

The fact that someone has an edit button certainly isn't a factor in whether or not *I* wish to emulate them. I doubt if it is much of a factor in anyone elses conduct.




***according to a conversation I had with Max last fall - at least up until that time - all the "volunteers" could more correctly be called "conscripts" - as per Max *HE* approached each to become a moderator rather then the reverse.