wikipedia founder jimmy wales has been accused of editing pages in the encyclopedia in gratitude for a subscription to the wikimedia foundation . in an article reported saturday , the sydney morning post recorded that former cisco computer scientists tim merkey alleged wales had had edits to his entry on his service , in exchange for a contributor to the wikimedia project . the press visited the network slashdot during tuesday , and the incident was titled " donorgate " .
Readers of online encyclopedias can edit the contents.