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Wiki boss 'edited for donation'

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Wiki boss 'edited for donation'
	by angieh (March 2008) (rank 46th) See the full news item

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"Wikipedia creator Jimmy Wales has been accused of agreeing to edit a page on the online encyclopaedia in exchange for a donation.

Former Novell chief scientist Jeffrey Merkey says he donated $5,000 to the Wikimedia Foundation in exchange for changes to his Wikipedia entry."

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angieh

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March 2008

My questions is: Why wouldn't Merkey just edit the information just like any other Wikipedia user? Any one can change the page content.