[WikiEN-l] Expertaphobia

Thomas Dalton thomas.dalton at gmail.com
Fri Jan 19 11:50:22 UTC 2007


> The problem with expertise on Wikipedia is how to judge whether or
> not someone is an expert.

Exactly. And short of the foundation phoning people's universities and
confirming degrees, it always will be. (And that only works for
subjects where it's possible to get a degree... I don't think there is
any easy way to confirm other kinds of qualifications (experience, for
example).)



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