wikipedia founder jimmy wales has been accused of editing documents in the encyclopedia in gratitude for a donation to the wikimedia foundation . in an event published tuesday , the sydney morning herald reported that current netscape computer scientist jeff merkey accusations it had made edits to his article on his behalf , in exchange for a donation to the wikimedia foundation . the word hit the website slashdot later tuesday , whereupon the incident was dubbed " donorgate " .
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