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Yes, I completely understand all of Tony's concerns, and perhaps I should
clarify my thoughts.  I only propose the automated submission, as I have
described, as an alternative to the normal process.  Many, many people
will not be able to take advantage of the automated process for exactly
the reasons Tony enumerates.  At least in the early stages of its
development, the automated system would only be used by a few of us, but
we would go through the trouble to use it because our submissions would
'go live' far more quickly.  Even if only a few of us use it, it still
reduces workload on the editors, not only because the entries of those who
use it will require less work, but also because it allows those of us who
know how to use the system but are not editors to help others by 'doing
the heavy lifting' of translating to HTML, fixing English errors,
phrasing things better, etc.  People such as myself would be able to do
the work for the submissions of others (when asked) without being
designated an editor.  I already can (and have) made Game Courier presets
for people, and I ask Fergus to make 'em public when ready; this would
allow a similar process for game descriptions.  But much of the existing
work of the editors will remain in the short-term.