Elon Musk says he will pay Wikipedia $1 BILLION to change its name to ‘D***pedia’ – after accusing website of ‘losing its objectivity’ to the ‘biases of higher ranking editors’
- The billionaire – who has accused the website of showing ‘non-trivial left-wing bias’ in the past – responded to Wikipedia’s call for donations
- “I’ll give them a billion dollars if they change their name to D–kipedia,” Musk posted on X, formerly Twitter, which is owned by the Tesla CEO.
- He then jokingly asked for that to be added to his Wikipedia page, which also, as he points out, includes the cow and poop emojis
Elon Musk has offered the owners of Wikipedia $1 billion if they change the name to ‘D***ipedia’.
The billionaire – who has accused the website of showing “non-trivial left-wing bias” in the past – responded to Wikipedia’s call for a year-long ban.
“I’ll give them a billion dollars if they change their name to D–kipedia,” Musk wrote on X, formerly Twitter, which is owned by Tesla’s CEO.
He then jokingly asked for that to be added to his Wikipedia page, which also, as he points out, includes the cow and poop emojis, after criticizing the Wikipedia Foundation for its generosity.
‘Have you ever wondered why the Wikimedia Foundation wants so much money? There is certainly no need to exploit Wikipedia,” he said. ‘You can literally put a copy of the entire text on your phone!
The world’s richest man, Elon Musk, has offered $1 billion of that cold hard cash to the owners of Wikipedia, with the aim of crudely changing its name to “D***ipedia,” he wrote on Sunday.
“So, what’s the money for? Inquiring minds want to know…’
Somewhat ironically, Musk received a “community note” – a fact-checking mechanism he has implemented since purchasing the site – correcting him and noting that Wikimedia had $154 million in revenue in 2022, but $145 million in expenses.
“The Wikimedia Foundation is a non-profit, charitable organization that provides free access to Wikipedia,” the note said. While a text and English copy of Wikipedia is about 51 GB in size, adding all media + supported languages brings it to 428 TB.”
In 2022, Wikimedia had $154 million in revenue and $145 million in expenses.
He joked with journalist and Musk acolyte Brian Krassenstein that the offer was only for “at least one year.” I mean, I’m not crazy lol.’
In December 2022, tThe billionaire CEO accused the website of showing its ‘non-trivial left-wing bias’ by debating removing an article about the recently released Twitter files, which show how its staff tweets and stories about Hunter’s laptop Biden suppressed.
The Wikipedia article for the study now has a note stating that it is “being considered for removal in accordance with Wikipedia’s removal policy.”
On the takedown discussion page, the editors label the Twitter files as “nothing civil” and “not notable.”
The billionaire – who has accused the website of showing “non-trivial left-wing bias” in the past – responded to Wikipedia’s call for a year-long
“I’ll give them a billion dollars if they change their name to D–kipedia,” Musk posted on X, formerly Twitter, which is owned by the Tesla CEO.
He then jokingly asked for that to be added to his Wikipedia page, which also, as he points out, includes the cow and poop emojis, after criticizing the Wikipedia Foundation for its generosity.
He also joked with journalist and Musk acolyte Brian Krassenstein that the offer was only for “at least one year.” I mean, I’m not crazy lol’
Musk seized on the debate, saying it shows how Wikipedia, like the mainstream media, has a left-wing bias that goes against his agenda.
He wrote on Twitter: ‘Most of the Earth: ‘The MSM is biased.’ Wikipedia: ‘Cite MSM source to confirm this claim.’
“Wikipedia has a non-trivial left-wing bias.”
The row came after Musk fired his general counsel James A. Baker, citing his alleged involvement in suppressing the release of internal documents about the Hunter Biden scandal.
“In light of concerns about Baker’s possible role in suppressing information important to public dialogue, he was left from Twitter today,” Musk wrote in a tweet on Tuesday.
Musk added that Baker’s explanation of the events surrounding the laptop saga was “unconvincing.”