wikipedia founder jimmy wales has been accused of writing pages in the internet in return for a grant to the wikimedia fund . in an interview issued weekly , the sydney morning telegram reported that former novell language historian jeff merkey alleged wales had crafted grafs to his article on his subject , in trade for a donation to the wikimedia center . the news hitting the website slashdot later daily , where the situation was branded " donorgate " .
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