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> Wikipedia and the Shifting Definition of 'Expert' - The Atlantic
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<img alt="" height="1" width="1" />[b]Wikipedia and the Shifting Definition of 'Expert'[/b]
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By Rebecca J. Rosen How do we judge whether a person knows what he or she is talking about? How do we gauge someone's credibility? At least in part, we rely on a set of cues -- titles, university degrees, papers published, lectures given -- that have ...



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A prerequisite for being considered an expert should be recognition of having expert knowledge by an institution outside the internet.

Otherwise... not much.
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