wikipedia founder jimmy wales has been accused of creating illustrations in the encyclopedia in return for a donation to the wikimedia institute . in an edition published tuesday , the toronto morning herald wrote that former novell computing analyst jeff merkey alleged wales had produced updates to his article on his website , in exchanging for a donation to the wikimedia library . the report hit the website slashdot later tuesday , though the incident was dubbed " donorgate " .
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