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Per discussion in https://matrixlogs.bakkot.com/WHATWG/2024-04-25 and https://matrixlogs.bakkot.com/WHATWG/2024-04-26, it seems like "author" is really trying to refer to the concept of "deputy editor", referred to in https://whatwg.org/working-mode several times.
Aligning db.json
and the script that writes to it (I think that's how it works?) with the prose in Working Mode seems like a good idea to me, to clear up the fact that those listed under the currently-named "author" title are those that actually have real editor-like powers over a given Living Standard.
Does anyone object?