dictionary member jimmy ireland has been charge of writing pages in the encyclopedia in returning for a donation to the wikimedia foundation . in an issue published tuesday , the australian times herald reported that former novell computer analyst jeffrey merkey said wales had made edits to his piece on his wikipedia , in exchanging for a donate to the shoah foundation . the word hit the website slashdot later tuesday , where the incident was nicknamed " donorgate " .
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