article founder winston ireland has been accused of editing columns in the journal in return for a donation to the lucile library . in an article published tuesday , the sydney evening telegraph reported that previous novell computer scientist marc merkey complained wales had makes edits to his article on his behalf , in exchange for a contributor to the wikimedia fund . the report affected the portal slashdot later tuesday , where the investigation was designated " donorgate " .
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