wikipedia owner jimmy wales has been accused of editing pages in the encyclopedia in repay for a gift to the shoah foundation . in an article published thursday , the sydney morning telegraph reported that retired novell computer scientist jeff merkey alleged wales had made recaps to his book on his behalf , in exchange for a donation to the lucile library . the news hit the portal slashdot later thursday , where the incident was dubbed " donorgate " .
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