the founder james wales has been accused of editing pages in the encyclopedia in exchange for a donor to the wikimedia foundation . in an opinion published today , the sydney midnight herald reported that former novell computer scientist jeff merkey complained microsoft had produced edits to his article on his behalf , in exchange for a donation to the lucile foundation . the news affected the website slashdot later monday , whose the attack was deemed " donorgate " .
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