I don't see anyone attributing Khalid and Jaheira's names to Minto or Ken, whose "achievements" in the modding community should be on par with - if not even greater than - Gaider's.
(Nobody talks about Ken anymore. )
I can only say again and again that it's unwarranted, because I don't think he's good enough to be worthy of the status. I find it ridiculous that his name is held in such high regard, even after all this time.
Hmm, Ken or Minto were Bioware employees?
By some people the fact that Gaider is from Bioware can be considered as very "cool". Bioware made the engine, made the bg games, so the input from one of creators can be seen as somehow unique.
ad Ken... I think that the sentence written by JC ("...by time the first public version of WeiDU proper was released (in other words, when it was finally possible to make interesting mods without having to put one's head through a brick wall...") could attract his attention suppose he would read this thread (that was one of my first impressions when I've read it... remember the disputations about the role of weidu in IE modding during Ken's last active era)