Racist vandals have attacked the Wikipedia page of Adam Goodes with monkey pictures after his post-goal Indigenous war dance sparked a debate about racism in football.

Goodes performed the dance after kicking his first goal of the game midway through the second quarter against Carlton on Friday night. He made the gesture towards a group of Carlton fans sitting near the goals at the SCG.

After the game, Goodes explained he did the dance in the Indigenous round to show he was proud of his heritage. It was not intended as an aggressive display towards Carlton supporters, he said.

"I was just a little bit inspired by the under-16 Boomerang kids, who taught us a little bit of a war cry, just a little bit of a tribute to those guys," Goodes said.