Is there a way to have confirmed Rabanim?

Question

I know this is a bit hard for several reasons

1. Who would qualify? What type of community? etc.
2. How would they be confirmed?
3. That may take away from this site being a community forum

The benefits however may be worth the effort in the long run

1. They possibly would be able to answer "protected" questions / topics e.g. Psak Halacha , difficult hashkafa questions, etc.
2. There would be some sort of accountability, meaning you would know who the person giving the answer is in real life

some ideas for confirming Rabbis may be if they can verify what shull / school / yeshiva they have a position in, the site can remain inclusive but at the same time we can tag a rabbi as charedi, mizrachi, modern, conservative, etc.

Answer 1

Confirming the identities and external credentials of particular users, granting special status to users and their content based on external credentials, and especially ascribing independent authority to content posted here are all contrary to the basic Stack Exchange model and Mi Yodeya communal understanding.

Instead, to achieve the two goals you're advocating for, I'd suggest:

1. Mi Yodeya users who want to get and publish answers to difficult questions of Halacha and Hashkafa should pose these questions, offline, to their favorite rabbinic authorities, secure said authorities' permission to quote them in public, and then quote them in answers on Mi Yodeya.

2. Answers should always cite their sources, whether contemporary or ancient, as precisely and conveniently as possible, making the information as accountable as possible to investigation.