I would find interesting to create a new User Level (group). This Group being a "Mentor" user. In essence recognise the users that usually help others without them being "moderators" with the usual moderator powers.
I would however put the Docs in a wiki format and allow these Mentors to also have editing access to the docs. That since they usually help, they could also update a piece of doc for new versions of question, without having to rely on Carnuke to update everything. A wiki would also allow the Mentors, which are usually also advanced users, to create/update the missing module Docs.
This really sounds like a very good idea to me Lance_ !
I believe it owuld require a little thought however to make sure the created wiki pages don't compete with the current (and very good) faq but that the two can complement each other somehow.
Kind regards, (and another 0,02 €) Highlander
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