Ray Saintonge wrote:
It's obvious that Jimbo has thrown out this idea for discussion, and not as some kind of policy statemt. Yet it would not surprise me if six months hence one of our random morons cited his comments as evidence that Jimbo was advocating rigid proof of credentials for any contributor.
Yes. It's just an idea which I hoped would lead to interesting discussion, which it has. :-)
So far (and I'm still not finished reading the thread), I am finding Angela's objection compelling, i.e. that this would make us look a lot less credentialed than we actually are, because most people won't bother with the dreary process of proving credentials.
I still think there's something we can do in this area. But we'll have to mull it over some more.
--Jimbo