On 23 November 2014 at 10:21, Andy Mabbett <andy@pigsonthewing.org.uk> wrote:

On 18 November 2014 at 19:13, geni <geniice@gmail.com> wrote:

> In fairness copyright is a pretty blameless error for new editors

And so is CoI/ autobiography - many good editors, including some on
this list (not least me) started out with such edits.

Indeed. I started out as a vandal, for example.

If we only hired people that knew details about Wikipedia (like our COI policies) right from the first day they made an edit, we'd be reducing our candidate pool down to zero.

Rather than dwelling on the past, I'd prefer to look to the present. If I were hiring an interim CEO, I'd look for a minimum working knowledge of Wikipedia and the Wikimedia movement. I'm sure the Board of Trustees did this.

So, I'll be assuming good faith until I have any evidence to suggest I should not.

Welcome, D'Arcy! :-)

Dan