In October 2023, Elon Musk, known for his provocative online behavior and willingness to push boundaries, made a headline-grabbing offer to Wikipedia, the world’s largest free online encyclopedia. Musk proposed to donate $1 billion to the Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit that operates Wikipedia, but there was a catch: the platform had to change its name to “Dickipedia” for at least one year.
Musk framed the offer as being “in the interests of accuracy,” suggesting that the name change would better reflect what he implied were questionable practices within the Wikimedia Foundation’s financial dealings.
In the original post on X (formerly known as Twitter), Musk openly questioned why the Wikimedia Foundation requires significant financial contributions to operate. He pointed out that the entire text of Wikipedia could theoretically fit on a…
