What do you think of a taxonomist feature (see details)?

Fluther’s greatest asset is you. That’s why we’re entrusting Fluther’s topics into your hands. Your slimy, uh—tentacle-ly hands. Anyways…

Taxonomists are users who have the ability to edit and add topics to questions. Taxonomists will help organize Fluther in a more intelligent, comprehensive and consistent manner. This will pave the way for better “questions for you”, so you don’t have to worry about missing interesting questions. Also, in the future they may be responsible for deleting, editing, merging and disambiguating topics. There will be a log of all the actions taken so there are checks and balances and we can revert back in the case of vandalism or abuse.

I’m asking for feedback on these points:
→ Do you need any clarifications on what the role of a taxonomist is?
→ What do you think the guidelines for taxonomists should include?
→ What about this excites you and what concerns you?
→ Any other feedback is welcome!

The basic plan is this: we’ll talk things over in this thread, answer questions and get your thoughts on the matter. After this discussion we’ll draft a new set of guidelines for topics and taxonomists and present them to you when it’s ready. Shortly after getting some feedback on the guidelines we’ll put the taxonomist feature into beta and we’ll take it from there. Sound like a plan?

Dr. J wants you!