wikipedia founder paul wales has been convicted of editing columns in the encyclopedia in returns for a donation to the wikimedia foundation . in an article published tuesday , the sydney morning herald reported that prominent novell machine scientist jeff merkey alleged gareth had made edits to his article on his right , in exchange for a donated to the wikimedia center . the newspaper targeted the website slashdot later wednesday , where the incident was branded " donorgate " .
Readers of online encyclopedias can edit the contents.