I'd like to request that a command be added to reload the MOTD from server.properties. This is useful mainly for Spigot forks such as Cauldron that take a long time to restart (sometimes as much as 5 minutes) which makes tweaking the MOTD (ie. to get centering right) a very long and tedious task. /reload is discouraged for obvious reasons – and Cauldron flat out disables it.

Of course, this can be done with a plugin – but then the plugin needs to either parse server.properties itself or have it's own separate configuration that may follow separate rules (ie. for color codes or newlines). Therefore, a built in command would be a better idea.

Lastly, this command could potentially be expanded to do other things of the nature that can easily be swapped out for a new value. Then, calling it /softreload would be appropriate.