--- "KNOTT, T" tknott@qcl.org.uk wrote:
that the Review Club could easily make a mistake and not realise when
it >has
insufficient expertise -- people generally dislike admitting their limitations. It seems much better to me to have mandatory input from some expert
with
evidence of his or her achievement.
-- Matt (User:Matt Crypto)
Um what's to stop the expert making a mistake and not realising that he has insufficient expertise?
The scenario is that Wikipedia editors have found an expert with a proven track-record in the specific subject area of the article, and solicited his opinion. In this scenario, the expert's track-record provides some evidence that the expert has the expertise -- we wouldn't be relying on his or her self-evaluation. Such evidence could never be conclusive, but I think it's a lot better than none at all.
-- Matt (User:Matt Crypto)
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