Fairla - 7:09 am on Dec 8, 2004 (gmt 0)

I think "webmaster" is basically a person who is responsible for running a website. Kind of a "webmanager," really. I run my own site entirely, and webmaster pretty much sums it up.

A "master" in this context is not by definition a man, but someone who has mastery over something. You can master something without being a man, so why not a female webmaster?

As for webster -- um, no. That's just silly. It reminds me of "wait person" for waiter, a term which I seem to recall some people were pushing for a while -- but what's wrong with calling a waitress a "waiter"? They're both waiting. It's as if we had to say "student" and "studentess" or "student" and "studster" or -- well, never mind!