# Anybody a SDSAB? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 31, 2004, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-a-sdsab/237489 "2004-03-31T07:51:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ageless6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@ageless6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ageless6)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-a-sdsab/237489/1 "2004-03-31T07:51:31Z")
I was just reading a thread and noticed that right under Q.E.D.'s user name were the letters SDSAB. I was going to ask what they meant,but someone beat me to it. Q.E.D. said that he thought Dex or Ed put it under all SDSAB members user names. So what does it mean (STRAIGHT DOPE something,obviously) and who else has it? ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-a-sdsab/237489/2 "2004-03-31T08:00:15Z")
It means Straight Dope Science Advisory Board. It’s the group of us, like me, who contibute to the Straight Dope Staff Reports. There’s few dozen of us who contribute on a more or less regular basis, and we’re always looking for fresh mea…errr, new talent. If you’ve got an area of expertise you’d like to answer questions about, then email **C K Dexter Haven** , and you, too, can be one of us! ---
**Author:** ![nikjohns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/53a042/32.png) [@nikjohns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nikjohns)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-a-sdsab/237489/3 "2004-03-31T08:01:03Z")
“Straight Dope Science Advisory Board” A complete list of those in the SDSAB can be found [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showgroups.php) ---
**Author:** ![ageless6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@ageless6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ageless6)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-a-sdsab/237489/4 "2004-03-31T08:28:08Z")
Zowie,that was quick. Thanks **Q.E.D.** and **nickjohn.** ---
**Author:** ![Tusculan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecd19e/32.png) [@Tusculan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tusculan)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-a-sdsab/237489/5 "2004-03-31T11:04:12Z")
Couldn’t you lobby for a more catchy title? Something like ‘Advisor to the Perfect Master’ or ‘Secret Advisor’, or ‘Cecil’s finest’? ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-a-sdsab/237489/6 "2004-03-31T13:25:08Z")
As of right now, there are 19 of us. ---
**Author:** ![ageless6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@ageless6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ageless6)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-a-sdsab/237489/7 "2004-03-31T19:57:59Z")
**nickjohns** : Yes,that’s a list of mods and admins. I don’t see anything that identifies them as SDSABs,though,and I only count 17 of them,whereas Una claims 19. Sorry for singularizing your user name before,by the by. ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-a-sdsab/237489/8 "2004-03-31T20:10:49Z")
> [@Q.E.D.](#): > > If you’ve got an area of expertise you’d like to answer questions about, then email **C K Dexter Haven** , and you, too, can be one of us! Wow, is that all it takes? :eek: _grabs a pencil and paper and runs off_ ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-a-sdsab/237489/9 "2004-03-31T20:23:20Z")
Gee, here and I was thinking someone just mis-typed SDSOB. 🙂 You know, I think **Tusculan** ’s right. You need a catchier title. “Cecil’s Homies”, “Scientist Extraordinare” … ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-a-sdsab/237489/10 "2004-03-31T20:26:27Z")
> [@Olentzero](#): > > Wow, is that all it takes? :eek: In Soviet Russia, C K Dexter Haven e-mails you At least in [my case](http://straightdope.com/mailbag/moilfire.html)🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-a-sdsab/237489/11 "2004-03-31T22:12:03Z")
> [@ageless6](#): > > **nickjohns** : > > Yes,that’s a list of mods and admins. I don’t see anything that identifies them as SDSABs,though,and I only count 17 of them,whereas Una claims 19. I counted all of them who were listed - what list were you looking at? 1. Alphagene 2. Chronos 3. Colibri 4. Doug Yanega 5. Eutychus 6. JillGat 7. JYDog1 8. Karen Lingel 9. Knighthawk 10. manhattan 11. McCaff 12. Q.E.D. 13. samclem 14. SDStaffKen 15. Son of Dex 16. Songbird 17. Una Persson 18. UncleBeer 19. VegForLife ---
**Author:** ![nikjohns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/53a042/32.png) [@nikjohns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nikjohns)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2004, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-a-sdsab/237489/12 "2004-04-01T15:53:16Z")
> [@ageless6](#): > > **nickjohns** : > > Yes,that’s a list of mods and admins. I don’t see anything that identifies them as SDSABs,though,and I only count 17 of them,whereas Una claims 19. > > Sorry for singularizing your user name before,by the by. It’s okay, you spelled it wrong again anyway 😉 Scroll to the bottom of the list I posted - they are hidden away there. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2004, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-a-sdsab/237489/13 "2004-04-01T18:57:55Z")
> [@Tusculan](#): > > Couldn’t you lobby for a more catchy title? Something like ‘Advisor to the Perfect Master’ or ‘Secret Advisor’, or ‘Cecil’s finest’? To those who know, the intials are enough. The moderators and administrators are also _ex officio_ members of the SDSAB, but the other title takes precendence. Except for one case, it seems. **Alphagene** not only appears in both “groups,” he also has the title “Straight Dope Science Advisory Board” rather than the mere initials. So actually there are currently only 18 non-moderator members of the SDSAB. Colibri [Straight Dope Curator of Critters](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/011116.html) [Straight Dope Curator of All that Walks, Crawls, or Flaps](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/020503.html) ---
**Author:** ![ageless6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@ageless6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ageless6)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2004, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-a-sdsab/237489/14 "2004-04-01T23:10:22Z")
**nikjohns** (please change your name,you’re driving me mental) and **Una** : After the list of mods/admins (for me) comes the list of charter members.I can only assume you mean the list of SDSABs comes after that. Unfortunately,the charter member list will only take me as far as CU before it hits me with the THIS PAGE IS TOO BIG TO BE SHOWN COMPLETELY notice. It probably has to do with webtv. Anyway,thanks. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2004, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-a-sdsab/237489/15 "2004-04-02T01:20:34Z")
I’d volunteer to be the math person on the SDSAB, except **Orbifold** would probably be the best choice, and **ultrafilter** would also be better suited than me to answer most math questions. And **Kimstu** is the resident expert on the history of mathematics. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2004, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-a-sdsab/237489/16 "2004-04-02T16:50:01Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > I’d volunteer to be the math person on the SDSAB, except **Orbifold** would probably be the best choice, and **ultrafilter** would also be better suited than me to answer most math questions. And **Kimstu** is the resident expert on the history of mathematics. Plus Dex has that math PhD too. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2004, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-a-sdsab/237489/17 "2004-04-02T18:47:43Z")
Does anyone except me remember those old New Yorker ads which said… “A title on the door rates a Bigelow on the floor” ?? I’m still waiting for my carpet. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2004, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-a-sdsab/237489/18 "2004-04-05T19:58:26Z")
I’m not really a scientist, so I don’t think I qualify, though I do have a fairly good grasp of paleoanthropology and linguistics (though both of those, in one way or another, are not exactly ‘science’). I am a programmer, but my expertise lies mainly away from the sorts of PC based questions people usually ask here. Are there Advisory Boards in other disciplines? Is there a P.G. Wodehouse/ Douglas Adams/ Monty Python/ English Humor Criticism And Analysis Advisory Board? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2004, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-a-sdsab/237489/19 "2004-04-05T20:35:11Z")
If Cecil ever wants someone to do an article on Star Wars vs. Star Trek, I’m the man… Beyond that, however, my expertise is… well… nonexistent. ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2004, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-a-sdsab/237489/20 "2004-04-05T21:36:30Z")
Is there any list of the expertise of the various members of the SDSAB? Just curious. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-a-sdsab/237489.md?page=2)