The option to self-identify as an expert is more to try and gauge where AFT respondents are coming from, as opposed to excluding non-experts. Average joes are asked to provide comment, and then asked to identify if they are, for whatever reason, *not* average joes.
On 24 December 2011 16:43, MZMcBride <z...@mzmcbride.com> wrote: > Oliver Keyes wrote: > > To reply to Jussi; I think we're uniformly confused as to what you think > is > > the link between an encyclopedia written by experts, and an encyclopedia > > that asks average joes to provide comments on articles (other than the > > "encyclopedia" bit, of course :-)). If you want this thread to go > anywhere > > productively on that issue, you should probably start by explaining what > > you see as the link. > > Past versions of this extension have included a call for people to > self-identify as experts (or as "highly knowledgeable") in an article's > topic.[1] > > It seems like version 5 no longer includes this checkbox,[2] but I think > it's slightly unreasonable to suggest that only "average Joes" are being > asked to provide comments on articles. > > I read Cimon's concerns as this tool (and future iterations) moving closer > to the idea of expert-approved or expert-endorsed revisions (implicitly or > explicitly). It's an interesting dichotomy between the extension's stated > goal of trying to attract new users and the extension's past (and present?) > interface that encourages self-identified expert commentary, isn't it? > > MZMcBride > > [1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Article_feedback#Version_3 > [2] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Article_feedback/Version_5 > > > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > -- Oliver Keyes Community Liaison, Product Development Wikimedia Foundation _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l