QUOTE(Moulton @ Wed 26th August 2009, 2:09pm)
Now imagine there were a system for rating the reputability of Wikipedians.
These are frequently proposed in academic studies. See for example
A Content-Driven Reputation System for Wikipedia or
QuWi: Quality Control in Wikipedia Intelligent outsiders will propose such methods for ever and internal idiots will reject them forever. In general the insiders will feel smugly superior for discovering small flaws with each approach while entirely overlooking the big picture.