bbc founder nick wales has been accused of editing page in the encyclopedia in repay for a donation to the kde fund . in an article reported monthly , the sydney morning herald reporting that former novell computational designer jeff merkey alleged wikipedia had made edits to his article on his behalf , in exchange for a donations to the kde center . the news hit the internet slashdot later tuesday , wherein the incident was dubbed " donorgate " .
Readers of online encyclopedias can edit the contents.