Elon Musk makes fun of Wikipedia, reiterates his offer of …, says ‘Come on, do it…’

Elon Musk has reiterated his $1 billion name alternate provide to Wikipedia. In a series of Tweets, Elon Musk acknowledged that he level-headed stands by his provide to present $1 billion to Wikipedia if it adjustments its name. Elon Musk acknowledged the identical per a Tweet from a Twitter user going by the name John’s Memes. “Does this provide level-headed stand @elonmusk?,” the post from John’s Memes acknowledged. To this, Elon Musk responded: “Provide level-headed stands. Reach on, attain it …”

The screenshot of Elon Musk’s stale tweet acknowledged, “I'll give them one billion greenbacks if they alternate their name to Dickipedia.” To rewind, in October 2023, Elon Musk had equipped Wikipedia $1 billion only if it modified its name to “Dickipedia”.

Elon Musk also made fun of Wikipedia inquiring for financial assistance. A Twitter user named Piet wrote, shared a photograph of a person with ‘Wikipedia head’ reading “Wikipedia when I originate a page on their web page, it asks for financial assistance”. Elon Musk wrote “Every time” responding to the post, ending with a smiling emoji.

Gradual last year, Tesla CEO made a ‘Wikipedia ask’ to his followers. Elon Musk known as upon his followers to terminate donating to the Wikimedia Basis, the nonprofit organisation within the help of Wikipedia, citing considerations over its spending on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives.

In a post on Twitter, he wrote, “Quit donating to Wokepedia till they restore steadiness to their editing authority,” responding to a post from ‘Libs of TikTok’ memoir that highlighted a pie chart exhibiting that 29% of Wikipedia’s $177 million funds for 2023-24 modified into as soon as allotted to “equity” and “safety & inclusion.”
The post came on the identical day Musk reiterated his provide to donate $1 billion to Wikipedia if it adjustments its name. In November 2024, when Doge Clothier reshared the long-established post on X, Musk responded with: “Appropriate. Provide level-headed stands.”