Frankly, I doubt the Wikimedia Foundation would have cared if they
had known that Doran was a convicted felon who had been involved in a shooting incident.
It just stands to reason that if you open up a website, along with the structures built to support it, to the entire world with no background checks, no verifiable identities, and no accountability, you're going to get some people with criminal records - along with a wide variety of other people with, shall we say,
interesting stories.And while I know full well that fetishism is no crime (in most states), let's not forget that the WMF's current spokesman, Cary "Bastique" Bass, is a former (or who knows, maybe current?) treasurer of the
Southeast Conference of Clubs - or more specifically,
Leather Clubs. Don't bother clicking on the link unless you're over 18!