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

[The Cunctator]

On 1/19/07, George Herbert <george.herbert at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 1/19/07, The Cunctator <cunctator at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 1/19/07, Marc Riddell <michaeldavid86 at comcast.net> 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"?
> > >
> > > Please, for now, try to resist responding to the others' answers,
> simply
> > > state your own.
> >
> >
> > Someone who, if they get involved in editing subjects on Wikipedia in
> which
> > they have expertise, will get quickly exasperated by the process.
>
> Counterpoint:
>
> For the purposes of debate, I'm going to claim pseudo-Expert status in
> the fields of IT operations and systems architecture (general),
> spaceflight (general), reusable spacecraft and launch vehicles
> (particular), space policy and alt.space (particular), ships and naval
> architecture (general), and nuclear weapons.
>
> Of these, we've had WP "annoying edit frustration" problems with one
> survey article in spaceflight ( [[Space Exploration]], resolved), an
> image copyright issue with shipbuilding articles, and nuclear weapons
> being a moderately popular vandalism target.
>
> All the stuff that's frustrated me has been in other fields, where I
> wouldn't think I'm an expert by any reasonable definition.


I was being a bit facetious, as I hope people would recognize.