[Wikipedia-l] The "Casio Effect"

[lcrocker at nupedia.com]

>> [Re: having experts write reviews of Wiki articles]

> That's an interesting proposition.
> Also, why would not near-expert wikipedians
> (considering the real experts are on Nupedia :-)) do a
> rather similar work of "reviewing" articles in which
> they have not been involved themselves but are
> interested and knowledgable. Maybe it could help make
> another 2%.

They certainly could, but only in their capacity as vetted,
recognized, and fully identified experts.  Nupedia's function,
then, is precisely the selection of appropriate experts to review
articles in certain areas.  This could be by reviewing academic
credentials in some areas, professional credentials in others, or
by whatever means are felt appropriate for things like games and
hobbies.  Such reviews would be themselves fully credited and not
editable, and attached to the article they describe, but the
subject article itself would remain fully editable.