I like the thought but to be honest, the "guardian" idea is kind of useless and only clutters the system a bit more. This system proposal is attempting to chunk any unnecessary ranks from the current system. We have a good amount of OPs to do that job and it wouldnt make sense to add another rank that does the same thing.
Also to clear up the confusion with the honored rank, Honored does have new requirements in this system. It's pretty much a combination of trusted6 and honored4 in the current system. Honored is the rank that deems players worthy of OPit. Server Ops must be both helpful and trustworthy. Having two ranks to show this doesn't seem very necessary. Also, there isnt a "trusted" rank in the proposed system. The Honored rank fills that purpose.
Also to clear up the confusion with the honored rank, Honored does have new requirements in this system. It's pretty much a combination of trusted6 and honored4 in the current system. Honored is the rank that deems players worthy of OPit. Server Ops must be both helpful and trustworthy. Having two ranks to show this doesn't seem very necessary. Also, there isnt a "trusted" rank in the proposed system. The Honored rank fills that purpose.