wikipedia founder nick wales has been accused of printing passages in the article in ransom for a donor to the wikimedia website . in an editorial publishing tuesday , the sydney news herald reported that former novell language scientist steve merkey alleged wales had make edits to his article on his behalf , in exchange for a donations to the foundation foundations . the articles hit the web slashdot further tuesday , which the incident was dubbed " donorgate " .
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