wikipedia creator paul wales has been accused of printing pages in the encyclopedia in return for a grant to the wikimedia foundation . in an essay featured monday , the sydney morning mail reported that former microsoft computer engineer jeff merkey alleged wales had made edits to his article on his blog , in preparation for a loan to the wikimedia foundation . the press hit the sites slashdot later tuesday , when the incident was deemed " donorgate " .
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