More on Megasites?

Mark Goodacre has a new posting on this topic, obviously triggered by an email from Wieland Willker. (To read the former postings on this topic, go here.)
Wilker seem to suggest something that is as close as possible to what I tried to voice, though I did not associate it with NTGateway as he does:
"I think this cannot be done by one individual alone. I would therefore suggest that we should gather certain individuals for small sections. Every individual is responsible for one section under the head of the NT-Gateway."
My original thought was very similar; a megasite, updated by several editors. Goodacre is not completely opposed to the idea, but I can understand his reservations concerning NTGateway:I have wondered about something like this before and it might provide a useful way of getting the balance right between an evolutionary approach and some degree of prescription or organisation. However, at this stage, at least as far as the NT Gateway is concerned, I am a bit concerned about the idea because (a) it might take as much organisation and maintenance as the doing the site myself; (b) it would -- as Wieland mentions -- mean organising access authorization for the editors; (c) there is the risk of patchiness across the site, with some editors doing their sections well and others less well; and (d) I am not sure that the NT Gateway would be the right forum to do this -- there are other megasites and I don't particularly want to land myself with a kind of imperialistic role! But on the other hand I don't want to pour cold water on this; I am intrigued by the suggestion and there may be something in it. Let me think a little more. His final comments are that something like this is already evolving, and in a way he is right. He, as well as I, are already linking to other 'megasites' in our various sections. E.g., though I try to have a section on Johannnine literature on my RPBS, I also link to Felix Just's pages that are far more comprehensive. But I am not as afraid as he is of the possible patchiness of a megasite. If it was run by a general editor, having strict guidelines on how to edit and post on the site, this could be handled. In addition, if run on a proper program, the problem of access by several persons should be no great problem. We have such kinds of programs already in our online study programs. My point is: such a mega site will have to be huge; it will need proper software (which may may not yet have, but comparable software might be tuned to this specific purpose), it will involve several editors,- and it will be expensive. Hence sponsors and organisational backing will, IMHO, be necessarry.

It is interesting to see other people commenting on these issues; I don't think any suggestions discussed so far should be pressed or rushed towards a hasty realization, but they are worth thinking about. I presume, after all, that all of us who publish on the internet, probably would like to make that material most accessible to most people...