On Mon, 07 Mar 2005 16:56:26 -0700, Fred Bauder fredbaud@ctelco.net wrote:
This is something courts do when they are faced with fact situations they aren't competent to deal with. Sometimes such a fact finder is called a special master. This will become much easier to do as more experts become aware of and interested in Wikipedia.
Neat tidbit. It seems to me it would require a very large pool of people to draw on. Sort of like the 100+ usage experts for the American Heritage Dictionary -- not exclusive, just anyone who has expertise, or a good editing history in that area...
It could be ugly if there were a fixed set of 3 or 4 people for each subject who were called on each time; or if simple content disputes, which would otherwise have been resolved elsewhere, were encouraged to come before the AC.