Trillium, in the "administrative set", I think you'll find that almost all
of us produced content prior to our involvement in organizational matters.
Those of us who have formal roles wouldn't be trusted with keys to the
kingdom if we lacked track records of positive contributions to the
encyclopedia. The exceptions are for WMF staff and affiliate staff who
weren't hired from within the community; an ongoing issue is the need to
acculturate these staff into the ways of the Wiki and to educate them about
our (often complex) ways, while leveraging the value that they can bring to
Wikimedia organizations in areas like legal advocacy, visual design, press
communications, tech ops, etc.
Viewers, content contributors, funders, volunteer tech and organizational
leaders, and paid staff are all necessary parts of the Wikimedia ecosystem.
These groups and individuals interact in complex and intricate ways, and
changes to the ecosystem are always in motion.
Pine