[WikiEN-l] What is an "expert"?

[Steve Block]

Marc Riddell wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> I believe there is something we should ask at this point. This question is
> for everyone participating in this Mailing List:
> 
> What is your definition of an "expert"?
> 

Tough one.  You have people who know a lot about a subject, and then you 
have people who have certificates which say they know a lot about a 
subject.  Sometimes the two sets intersect. Especially with the set 
"people who like to talk hold forth on their areas of perceived 
expertise". :)

Seriously, this is what people are still quibbling over at 
Wikipedia:Attribution and Wikipedia:Reliable sources.  No-one can agree 
a formula whereby people which would allow people whom we would consider 
experts in the field of the arts but disbar people we wouldn't consider 
experts in the sciences.  The problem is that opinion is fair game in 
the arts but not in the sciences.

Steve block


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