Mav wrote
Scale issues are very important so we must develop ways to to quickly
review
content.
I say 'thanks but no thanks' to review boards. They have impressive support, so I should present an argument.
At present I write about 50% in an area where I have 11 years post-doctoral experience, and 50% in another where I last took an exam at age 13. In the first I should expect to be 'reviewing' others' contributions; in the second I'm not confident in anything I can't fact-check in several sources.
So, where I can put my finger on my unease, is that I can see a case where, if pressed to review an article some months ago, I would have said 'sub-standard'. Clearly a term paper, wierd notation, author not quite on top of it. The problem is, it took me half a year of having it on my conscience to realise that I did know enough to rescue it, and get the point straight. And I think the wiki process shows up well, there; it has done little harm, and, with all due modesty, if I wasn't already familiar with the point, it pushes the envelope on the WP coverage.
Charles