Elon Musk’s $1 Billion Offer to Wikipedia Still Stands
Elon Musk claims that Wikipedia's $1 billion offer still stands. Elon Musk's outlandish plan to pay $1 billion to rename Wikipedia is still on the table. In response to a post that said, «Wikipedia is not for sale,» Musk made the offer, adding that it would be in effect for at least a year.
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Musk responded that the offer is still valid after Doge Designer, who frequently receives Musk's responses on X, recently shared the post's contents.
According to the Doge Designer post, Elon Musk once offered Wikipedia $1 billion to change their name to Dickipedia. Musk quickly replied that it’s true and the offer was still valid. It's unclear if Musk's offer will be accepted by Wikipedia. The offer itself, which was made available in October of last year, has drawn a lot of attention, though.
According to Musk's initial post:
Last year, Musk shared a photo with the caption «Wikipedia is not for sale.» Musk criticised it, saying, «Have you ever wondered why the Wikimedia Foundation wants so much money?» It is certainly not required to operate Wikipedia. You can literally fit the entire text onto your phone! So, what is the money for? Enquiring minds want to know.
Then, in a separate post, he said, «I will give them a billion dollars if they change their name to Dickipedia,» adding
