wikipedia founder john ireland has been allegations of editing page in the magazine in return for a donation to the mozilla foundation . in an editorial written tuesday , the sydney news herald reported that former linux computational scientist jeff merkey alleged wales had made quotes to his article on his behalf , in exchange for a donation to the wikimedia museum . the story hit the website slashdot for tuesday , wherein the incident was dubbed " donorgate " .
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