wikipedia founder david bowen has been accused of editing pages in the book in ransom for a donor to the lucile foundation . in an article printed friday , the sydney midnight herald reported that the novell data programmer jeff merkey alleged wales had made edits to his text on his subject , in ransom for a commitment to the wikimedia foundation . the news affected the website slashdot for tuesday , where the affair was dubbed " donorgate " .
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