I like the thought of doing something actually. I love rejecting people

And that's my concern. We had to reject the vast majority of Items submitted, because they were either stolen or just incredibly bad quality.
Rejecting them annoys players, which is something to avoid whenever possible

What about hiring a few people just to review the weapons? I'd be more than happy to help out wherever needed

This won't be a problem any more, because we are going to try a**embly first.

You can, technically, create your own Items with this new skill, but they won't be from your computer
In addition, an artwork submission page will be added with point rewards for good items.

i always favored the points system a high level black smith could have a weapon worth a set amount of stat points and pay more for them too

stat points that are generally higher could be worth 1  stat point each  or more for example: agility

however points like accuracy % could be worth many stat points per percent

this could prevent overpowered weapons

as for the originality issue... the only idea i can come up with is a flag/ban system: someone makes an illegal object somebody flags it admin bans weapon

What about the poor players who have a copy of that item? They'd lose it.
People would be sick of their items disappearing all of the time.