-- "[W]e ask that [non-verified persons] refrain from answering questions that are specifically directed to those that have been verified as specialist in their area[.]"
When does a question qualify as one "specifically directed" to verified specialists? Must the question state that it is directed to verified specialists?
-- "If a member wants to post as a professional ( [e.g.,] a lawyer[]... ) ... then [he or she] must email us ... [t]he case." "In the subject line please put ... [the] case you are asking to be verified on."
What constitutes a "case" -- is it synonymous with (a) a "thread" (or series of threads) or (b) a person (e.g., Abigail Hernandez). Let's say, for example, that because I wish to state my occupation when discussing Abigail Hernandez, I apply to post as a lawyer and identify the Abigail Hernandez case. If I go to the Maura Murray thread and, in a post observing the similarities between the disappearance of Maura Murray and that of Abigail Hernandez, I state that I am a lawyer, under the first definition of a case (a thread), I have violated the rule; I am not a lawyer for purposes of the Maura Murray thread. In contrast, applying the second definition, I have not violated the rule because my status as a "lawyer" is attached to "Abigail Hernandez" and not any specific a thread.
In short: when is a question "specifically directed" to verified specialists and does "verified" status attach to pages on this site or to persons mentioned on this site?
Thanks very much.