Elon Musk has reiterated his $1 billion name change offer to Wikipedia. In a series of Tweets, Elon Musk said that he still stands by his offer to give $1 billion to Wikipedia if it changes its name. Elon Musk said the same in response to a Tweet from a Twitter user going by the name John’s Memes. “Does this offer still stand @elonmusk?,” the post from John’s Memes said. To this, Elon Musk responded: “Offer still stands. Come on, do it …”
The screenshot of Elon Musk’s old tweet said, “I will give them a billion dollars if they change their name to Dickipedia.” To rewind, in October 2023, Elon Musk had offered Wikipedia $1 billion only if it changed its name to “Dickipedia”.
Elon Musk also made fun of Wikipedia asking for financial assistance. A Twitter user named Piet wrote, shared a photo of a man with ‘Wikipedia head’ reading “Wikipedia when I open a page on their website, it asks for financial assistance”. Elon Musk wrote “Every time” responding to the post, ending with a smiling emoji.
Late last year, Tesla CEO made a ‘Wikipedia request’ to his followers. Elon Musk called upon his followers to stop donating to the Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit organisation behind Wikipedia, citing concerns over its spending on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives.
In a post on Twitter, he wrote, “Stop donating to Wokepedia until they restore balance to their editing authority,” responding to a post from ‘Libs of TikTok’ account that highlighted a pie chart showing that 29% of Wikipedia’s $177 million budget for 2023-24 was allocated to “equity” and “safety & inclusion.”
The post came on the same day Musk reiterated his offer to donate $1 billion to Wikipedia if it changes its name. In November 2024, when Doge Designer reshared the original post on X, Musk responded with: “True. Offer still stands.”
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