Experts

[lyndylou]

Hi Ed I have posted a few - serious - questions and have received some excellent answers so don't get me wrong I think Answerbank is brilliant - but occasionally we do get wallies putting in their two peneth

What I think would be a good addition is an experts panel - you could put out a questionnaire of some kind to vet people and help you decide that they are indeed an expert in a certain field and make up a panel - they are then awarded a symbol or something next to their avatars or profile name

Then when q's are asked they can be answered by anyone in the normal way - but when an expert answers they will be identified as an expert - we would then know that what they are saying is indeed an experts opinion

-You must have a multitude of professional people giving their advice here everyday - it's just we don't know it xx

Hope this makes sense

[craft1948]

I'd like to be the expert on Comparisons and Effects of Various Gins............and Men With Big Thighs.

[Sqad]

My opinion, for what it is worth :

I am confining my comments to Body and Soul and the Health section.

AB has members that give a high standard of advice and this comes from, academic clinicians, clinicians, nurses, physiotherpists, other menebers of healthcare and particularly a high standard of replies from non medical personel.

AB should be proud of them and rather the disclaimer being provided by AB, it is my opinion that NHS direct 24 and walk- in centres should have the disclaimers suggesting referral to AB.

90% of questions could be answered by a 5 th year medical student coming up to finals, in fact AB should get in contact with certain medical schools to put this to them, giving them experience in the "cut and thrust" of modern medicine and an insight into dealing with the British public.

The AB health team is as good as you will get...............

[grasscarp]

and Buenchico could run all the Travel Enquiry agencies in UK single handedly (and no doubt other countries in his spare time)

[sandyRoe]

Anyone suffering a crisis of faith could do worse than go to the R&S section where they will be comforted and helped through their dark night of the soul by the theological experts to be found there.

[lyndylou]

Wow - great spark !!
and only one bitchy comment

[AB Editor]

Thanks all for your further comments. It still seems like a good idea to me.

[vivandorron]

Ed...There are a lot of expert Googlers in AB. So who will be the expert on deciding who is a genuine expert.?

Ron.