# Doper Specialties Resource **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [September 18, 2013, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-specialties-resource/669138 "2013-09-18T13:21:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-specialties-resource/669138/1 "2013-09-18T13:21:43Z")
Would anyone be interested in a list of board members and their related specialties? For example I could say “I’m zoid - I have a MS in Industrial Engineering and I’ve been a software development PM for 15 years. Feel free to invite me to threads where you think my opinion might be of use”. Would the board allow this? Might it be a sticky in ATMB? Is there a significant enough number of members here who would be willing to share this info and chime in on related threads to even make this sensible? ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-specialties-resource/669138/2 "2013-09-18T17:18:22Z")
Hmm … . no disrespect to you but that’s something we maybe need to discuss. We’ll get back to you soonest. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-specialties-resource/669138/3 "2013-09-18T17:21:14Z")
How could you possibly check out the claims? ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-specialties-resource/669138/4 "2013-09-18T17:44:31Z")
Prepare for an onslaught of official bikini inspectors. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-specialties-resource/669138/5 "2013-09-18T17:48:48Z")
Prepare for an onslaught of challenges: “So and so couldn’t possibly be an expert in such and such-just look at what she/he wrote in this post!” ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-specialties-resource/669138/6 "2013-09-18T18:01:44Z")
I’m an expert at everything, if anyone is interested. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-specialties-resource/669138/7 "2013-09-18T18:10:48Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > I’m an expert at everything, if anyone is interested. I’ve got a Doctorate Of Everything, so why should anybody listen to _you_? ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-specialties-resource/669138/8 "2013-09-18T18:48:58Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Prepare for an onslaught of challenges: “So and so couldn’t possibly be an expert in such and such-just look at what she/he wrote in this post!” Good point. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-specialties-resource/669138/9 "2013-09-18T19:07:22Z")
[Dunning-Kruger effect](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect) Also known as “never trust a self-nominated expert” ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-specialties-resource/669138/10 "2013-09-18T19:30:57Z")
I was only an expert the year after I graduated college. It’s been downhill since. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-specialties-resource/669138/11 "2013-09-18T19:34:02Z")
> [@picunurse](#): > > I was only an expert the year after I graduated college. It’s been downhill since. So, you’re an expert skier then? ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-specialties-resource/669138/12 "2013-09-18T19:58:29Z")
Or an expert faller down of hills. ETA: If no one else wants to take on the challenge I’ll be the Expert Faller Down of Hills. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-specialties-resource/669138/13 "2013-09-18T20:05:12Z")
Or you could just bump [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=566853&highlight=acquisition) - or [this one](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=525786&highlight=acquisition). . . ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-specialties-resource/669138/14 "2013-09-18T20:14:35Z")
> [@TruCelt](#): > > Or you could just bump [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=566853&highlight=acquisition) - or [this one](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=525786&highlight=acquisition). . . Why you little expert thread finder you! ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-specialties-resource/669138/15 "2013-09-18T21:07:15Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > So, you’re an expert skier then? Oh, no! It’s just that once over the hill, you pick up speed. I’m now an expert on aging. I’m doing it as quickly as possible, it seems. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-specialties-resource/669138/16 "2013-09-18T21:11:29Z")
> [@picunurse](#): > > Oh, no! It’s just that once over the hill, you pick up speed. > I’m now an expert on aging. I’m doing it as quickly as possible, it seems. And all this time I thought you were on the level. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-specialties-resource/669138/17 "2013-09-18T21:11:39Z")
I think most people figure out on their own who the various experts are, pretty quickly. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-specialties-resource/669138/18 "2013-09-18T21:22:49Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > I think most people figure out on their own who the various experts are, pretty quickly. Perhaps experts should be nominated by others, and the nominee could accept or decline? ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2013, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-specialties-resource/669138/19 "2013-09-19T03:04:32Z")
After some discussion we’ve decided that the way we do things now – unofficially, without management attempting to vet people or maintain lists or anything like that, that’s really the way to go. We depend upon all of you to use your common sense and good judgment when determining someone’s bona fides – and we don’t want to get involved in that process. And management, of course, is not responsible. As previously stated: > [@Straight Dope Registration Agreement](#): > > Considering the real-time nature of this bulletin board and the volume of messages received, it is impossible for us to verify the information posted. We do not vouch for or warrant the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any message, and are not responsible for the contents of any message. Users should be particularly wary of medical, legal or other professional advice posted on the message board and recognize that it is no substitute for in-person consultation with a competent professional. Messages express the views of their authors, not necessarily the views of the operator of the SDMB, namely Creative Loafing Media, Inc. (“CLM”), or any entity associated with it. > **[SDMB registration agreement as of 12/21/2014](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=650726)** > > The agreement below spells out the rules by which SDMB users are expected to abide. The purpose of the present revision is to add the language in bold: “If we tell you to refrain from behavior that we regard as uncivil, \*\*or that in our view... ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2013, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-specialties-resource/669138/20 "2013-09-19T03:18:46Z")
Good call. I can only imagine the headaches this could cause if we list people as legal, medical “experts” in some sort of official stickied thread, and then it comes back to bite the SDMB in the ass, registration agreement be damned. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-specialties-resource/669138.md?page=2)