I dont know whats with the JS hate, tough i can understand why you would not want scripts for fucking everything. As a see it a site like this should not depend on jabbascript, tough i think its ok having it in place where it might make the this place easier to use.
Another idea: why no have this palce run as backend and frontend system? I mean that you could use this place from some neutral interface, tough i dont know which would be viable. So people could make their own systems to access this place, like say even from telnet for example, and have the web frontend kept in place for users who would just like to use their browsers.