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Current Events => Breaking News => Topic started by: bijou on March 12, 2008, 02:50:13 AM
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The co-founder of Wikipedia, Jimmy Wales, has been accused of offering to edit an entry on the online encyclopaedia site in return for a donation.
Jeff Merkey, a former computer scientist at Novell, claims Mr Wales proposed in 2006 that, in exchange for a substantial donation from Mr Merkey, he would edit his uncomplimentary Wikipedia entry to make it more complimentary.
Mr Merkey claims he made a $US5000 (£2500) donation in 2006 and the edit history for his Wikipedia entry showed that, around the same time, changes were made to the entry after it had been wiped out completely before editors were allegedly ordered to start all over again.
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/03/12/wikipedia112.xml
I think we all knew that Wiki is not really an entirely reliable source. But this is beyond the pale.