Elon Musk’s Bizarre Offer: Will Give $1B To Wikipedia If They Change Name To This – News18

Elon Musk remains a prominent figure in news headlines following his acquisition of X (formerly Twitter). His numerous decisions have brought about significant changes to the platform, including its rebranding to X and the removal of legacy checkmarks. Moreover, Musk continues to offer polarising advice.

Now, in a recent development, he has proposed a $1 billion offer to Wikipedia in exchange for a name change.

“I will give them a billion dollars if they change their name to Dickipedia,” Elon Musk posted on X.  Musk added that this is “in the interests of accuracy.”

Musk was also quick to reply to X users who replied to Musk about the same. One user said, “@Wikipedia, Do it! You can always change it back after you collect (the money). To this, Musk replied, “One year minimum. I mean, I’m a not fool lol.”

The same day, Musk also acted inquisitive about why Wikipedia demands so much money from its readers. “Have you ever wondered why the Wikimedia Foundation wants so much money?”

He added, “It certainly isn’t needed to operate Wikipedia. You can literally fit a copy of the entire text on your phone! So, what’s the money for? Inquiring minds want to know..”

Notably, this comes months after an exchange was observed between Musk and Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales. In the recent past, Jimmy Wales took a dig at Musk for allegedly censoring the people who were critical of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Edrogan, and not allowing free speech.

With that said, it must be noted that Musk is known for his antics on X, and in the recent past Musk has made other peculiar remarks as well. For instance, Musk challenged Meta’s founder and CEO, Mark Zuckerberg for a cage match.

“Knock, knock … challenge accepted … open the door”.  “Thought you might want some tea, so I brought the bags,” Musk said, tagging Mark Zuckerberg’s X account.

But evidently, Zuckerberg was quick to dismiss Musk’s claims after he replied to his comments on X’s rival—Meta’s Threads app. “I think we can all agree Elon isn’t serious and it’s time to move on. I offered a real date. Dana White offered to make this a legit competition for charity. Elon won’t confirm a date, then says he needs surgery, and now asks to do a practice round in my backyard instead. If Elon ever gets serious about a real date and official event, he knows how to reach me. Otherwise, time to move on. I’m going to focus on competing with people who take the sport seriously,” the Facebook founder wrote, and the cage match never happened.