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> Frankly that sounds like a great task for editors that aren't subject experts. I disagree. Hunting citations doesn't take specialized knowledge, but it does
by lmkg 13y ago
> Frankly that sounds like a great task for editors that aren't subject experts.
I disagree. Hunting citations doesn't take specialized knowledge, but it does take time. I doubt that the ratio of editors to article churn would sustain them being responsible for hunting citations.
I think that's really the core of most issues with wikipedia: neither side has the time. Individual contributors don't have the dedicated time to comply with all quality-control policies themselves, and editors are spread too thin to provide any feedback beyond quoting chapter and verse.